School: St Columba’s, Coggale
- Location:
- Cogaula, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: P. Ó Fiacháin
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- (continued from previous page)If a dog bit you you should get a few of his hairs and put them to the soreIf anyone brings a coal out from the fire it is right to put a fresh sod on the fireIf you see seven magpies near the house in the morning it is the sign that a letter will come that dayIt is a lucky thing to have a goat grazing along with the cowsIf a calf dies with "the black leg," cut off his two shins and put them behind a rafter in the barn, and this will keep the disease awayWhen a cow is after a calf she is blessed before milking by passing a live coal around about her from head to tail, and then passing it under her body from her back(continues on next page)
