School: Crosspatrick, Johnstown
- Location:
- Crosspatrick, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: P. Ó Foghlú
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- To turn the churn upside down when finished churning because the devil would be sitting in it all night.
To throw Easter water on the turnip and mangold seed before sowing.
To make a cross with milk on the cow's hip after milking.
To shake holy water on eggs before setting.
- 1. To put a horshoe and a red coal under the churn when churning.
2. Not to let anyone light their pipe with a coal while you'd be churning.
3. That if anyone came in when you'd be churning the woman would make the person take a turn at the churn.
4. To put a horseshoe under the nest when you would be setting a hen
5. To put a horseshoe on all the doors of the house
6. To put small eggs in the roof of the house.
7. To put Easter water in the corners of every field the evening before the first of May
8. To take a few potatoes and a portion of corn to the priest to bless them before sowing the crop
9 To kill a goose and spill the blood from door to(continues on next page)
