School: Loch Measca

Location:
Caherrobert, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean an Bhrúnaigh
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  1. It is said that if a cow-house is built where there was a corpse buried cows will very soon die in it.
    It is also said that if the fairies pass by where the cowshed is, at night, cows won't be prosperous.
    People say that the dirt in the cow-houses should never be thrown out at night, and that it should never be put out on a Monday. They say the fairies do their washing on a Monday and that is the reason the dirt is not put out on that day fearing it might be on their clothes it would be flung.
    When people are building a cow-house they should never take the stones from a fort, because the fairies will follow their stones trying to get them back, and they give neither peace nor luck to the people who take them away.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Lynagh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killour, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Tommy Lynagh
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Killour, Co. Mayo