School: Knockaderry (C.) (roll number 2419)

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1. Folklore about Spring Water (continued)

   

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   they went away. Mary Brosnan Gurteenroe 12 years Feet Water The old people used say it was not right to throw out feet water after dark, as when all were gone to be, the pan of water would run all around the house. If you left the cups dirty at night, you would hear all the plates rattling on the dresser as if there was some body taking them out of the dresser. There was an old custom in Kerry long ago, that when a sow would have bonhams, she and her bonhams would be brought into the kitchen, and left there for ten days and nine nights. A servant girl

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2. Feet Water

   

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   The old people used say it was not right to throw out feet water after dark, as when all were gone to be, the pan of water would run all around the house.
   If you left the cups dirty at night, you would hear all the plates rattling on the dresser as if there was some body taking them out of the dresser.
   There was an old custom in Kerry long ago, that when a sow would have bonhams, she and her bonhams would be brought into the kitchen, and left there for ten days and nine nights. A servant girl

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