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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Cluain Meala

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Greenan, Co. Waterford
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0656, Page 107

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    occasions that the piseogas could and used be made by people on May morning.
    They claimed that people had been caught in the act in different places but that it was always on May morning. I have heard different stories concerning piseogas some of which I can tell you.
    This happened quite recently in this county in a place called Ballyporeen. A farmer there found the amount of butter he could make from the milk of his twelve cows was very small, so one May morning he stayed up and waited in the cowhouse. About four o'clock he heard a man coming into the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Kiernan P. Tobin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballylooby, Co. Tipperary