School: N. Seosamh, Cill Lasrach (roll number 16289)

Location:
Killasser, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
S. Mac Carrghamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126, Page 138

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    3 The "Cinn-gire" of Billy Brennan's house, Cloonagh was built on an old fairy passage. All her cows were sick and dying and the voice told her that when she'd stop throwing out the dry ashes and shift the gable the luck would change.
    4 There is a woman named Mrs. Nolan in Carricanada who can stop a death by making some charm but a cow or some other animal will die.
    5. If you throw a roll of butter across the house May Day the luck will be on you.
    6 You should leave a bit of unsalted butter on the wall to keep your luck with butter.
    7 Put salt on the lid of the churn before you churn or the fairies will take the butter.
    8 There is always a spot to be found on an ass's leg. This is supposed to be
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Joseph P. Caron
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Anthony Gavagan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    62
    Address
    Cloonfinish, Co. Mayo