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School: Cluain Fhiadh (C.), Carraig na Siúire (roll number 7772)

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Clonea, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Treasa Ní Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0654, Page 221

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    Pisreóga
    A smith who lived in Mothel many years ago used to skim the well on May Eve. While skimming he used the words of a charm. The skimmings were put into a farmers churn. This farmer had very good butter,& the other farmers of the district could only get froth in their churns.
    It was the custom to have the butter made before sunrise on the 1st of May and washed with water from the well. The person first at the well would have the best butter for the season.
    Eggs were put in the neighbours potato crop to make the crop bad. The person putting in the eggs would have a good crop himself. When these eggs were dug up it was impossible to break them.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Molly Mc Grath
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Glenstown, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Grath
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Glenstown, Co. Waterford