School: Cill Chais, Cluain Meala (roll number 596)
- Location:
- Kilcash, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Dubhghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0568, Page 328
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- (continued from previous page)would throw eggs in the field. When you went to put down a clutch of hen eggs you should put down thirteen; twelve for the clutch and one for luck. A cross is put on the eggs for hatching.
A farmer who lived in the district had a famous dog. This dog used bring the cows morning and evening by himself. One morning he went for the cows but did not bring them all in. The man sent him out again and a second time he came back without her. The workmen who were milking the cows had buckets of milk milked. The dog dipped his tail in the milk and went away as fast as he could After about half an hour the dog came back with the calf sucking his tail and the cow walking after him.
- Collector
- Thomas Tobin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Brenormore, Co. Tipperary
