School: Sceichín an Rince, Cloichín an Mhargaidh
- Location:
- Skeheenaranky, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Dómhnall Ua Cathasaigh
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On May Eve people shake holy water on the land and crops and cattle. Because on May Eve some people make pishogues they can take the crops the test from the milk sometimes butter can not be made. Meat eggs or butter is buried in the land and the cows or calves die. One on May morning a man was hunting when he was crossing a field he saw a hare between cows and he fired a shot. He knocked it and it rose again and ran to a farmers house. The door was locked the hard got into the kitchen. The man looked in the window. He saw a woman sitting on a chair and the floor around her was covered with blood.
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- Informant
- James Ruarke
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Carrigeen, Co. Limerick
