School: Gort an tSiúrdáin (roll number 14534)

Location:
Gortjordan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Módhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0106, Page 624

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  1. To put a coal under the churn so that the butter would not burn.
    To pull potatoes and leave them on the table for the fairies to be eating them during the night.
    If a person came into a house where the people of the house would be churning that person would have to do some of the churning or they would think you would bring all the butter with them.
    When the cow would calf the people tie a red rag to her tail.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cahermaculick, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Caulfield
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cahermaculick, Co. Mayo