School: Knockanevin (roll number 4122)
- Location:
- Knockanevin, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Crosáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 524
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- (continued from previous page)be working pishogues on her neighbour’s milk. This woman being a strong faithed woman did not believe it possible that it would be done by giving your body and soul to the possession of the devil.
It is said that those people who worked pishogues used to change themselves into animals and steal into their neighbour’s cow houses. They use to milk some of the cows and work pishogues on them and by doing so they had the produce of their neighbour’s milk for the rest of the year.
Once upon a time there was a farmer and he could not make butter from his cream. He stayed up one May Eve night and hid himself in the cow house.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Christina Mc Grath
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockanevin, Co. Cork
- Informant
- John Mc Grath
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Occupation
- Postman
- Address
- Knockanevin, Co. Cork
