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School: Ceathrú Mhór (roll number 16289)

Location:
Carrowmore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Thomas F. O' Hara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126, Page 247

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  1. Superstitions Relating to Churning (continued)

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    woman in Graffy and when a cow called she used to bring the tongs and a burning sod of turf to the barn and put them across the cow three times. If she did not she thought that her milk would be very weak and that she would have very little butter.
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  2. Superstitions Relating to Halloween

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    Long ago the people believed that the fairies were going from fort to fort on November night on that account the people were afraid to go out on that night.
    The people also believed that the blackberries were destroyed by
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Julia Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartron, Co. Mayo