Volume: CBÉ 0220 (Part 2)

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1. Piseoga (continued)

   “There are many superstitions about May Day.”

   

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   that they couldn't move the dash. They were surprised at it of course, and they couldn't make out what was the cause of it. Then the boy thought of the woman skimming the well. He told his mother about it. The mother was very troubled over it and she went for the priest immediately.
   The priest came, and he prayed over it, and after that usual amount of butter every churning day.

   

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2. Piseoga

   “In a certain district near Adamstown about twenty years ago...”

   

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   In a certain district near Adamstown about twenty years ago there lived a woman and she was regarded as a very bad class. She was reforted to be seen out at night, Soupposed stealing and robbing, and doing harm to neighbours. Nobody cared much about her, and they never liked to see her coming about the place.
   One day she came into my grandfather's place. It happened that they were churning the same

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   History Edit

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Collector

   • Rita Mills