School: Gleann Gabhna, Tulach an Iarainn

Location:
Gleann Gabhrach Íochtarach, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
Máire Ní Dhubhshláinghe
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  1. Piseoga is a plan which is used by your nughbour, by means to take the supstance of another milk or butter or eggs or to take anything away.
    The old people say that it is the bad people mostly does it for they give themselves up to the Devil. Some people say that Piseoga is a kind of plaster that would be put on the road or around on some part of a house. Some times you would often see a dish thrown on the side of the road for piseoga and one could see some some rags, or sticks of some description thrown in-to the dish
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