School: Crowenstown
- Location:
- Baile Croín Beag, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: M. Ní Bhriain
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- It is customary to sing a song when milking and to make the Sign of the Cross on the cow's udder when finished milking.
- Collector
- John Heffernan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dealbhna, Co. na hIarmhí
- Informant
- John Heffernan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dealbhna, Co. na hIarmhí
- Shops were common in olden times. People had to go to the nearest town to make purchases. Buying and selling was carried on after Mass, and it is still practised. Tea, sugar, matches, and meat are sold in this way.
Money was not always given for goods. Sometimes, if a person had no(continues on next page)
