Volume: CBÉ 0463 (Part 1)

Date
1937–1938
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0463, Page 0085

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0463, Page 0085

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    Cowslips when rubbed on the cow's udder on May day...

    ..........are supposed to make the cow yield plenty of milk the whole year round, and make the milk yield plenty of butter
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    An asse's shoe or a horse-shoe, when put into the fire...

    ........or under the churn while the butter is a making is supposed to bring luck to the churn. A mare's shoe will not do.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    A story is told of a woman who lived at Ballinarry at one times, she went to Kilmactranny Graveyard...

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    Date
    25 January 1938
    Item type
    Lore
    Language
    English
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Roman script
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