School: Cathair Loisgreáin (C)
- Location:
- Caherlustraun, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Máire Nic Aodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0022, Page 0536
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- 1. The old people say it is right to put a coal of fire under the churn, before they would begin to chum the milk.
2. They used to leave the tongs on the right hand side of the fire before they would go to bed.
3. The children have great fun at night. They get a piece of stick and they burn the top it in the in the fire to make it red, and they twirl it round, and the old people tell them it is not night to do that, as it is the devils habit.
4. The old people also say never to leave holy water near the fire.
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- Collector
- Mary J. Mc Dermott
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Julia Mc Dermott
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Killamanagh, Co. Galway
