School: Castlegrove (roll number 15475)

Location:
Castlegrove East, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Liam Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0040, Page 0069

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    kept is called the cró or byre. They are tied two ways with a clasp and round there neck. The one round there neck is called the loirgneán. A bone or a horse shoe is hung in the byre for look. It is believed that if you would sing while milking cows they would give you more milk. People believe that fairies milk the cows. People put a rag round the cow's tail before calving for fear the fairies would bring the calf.
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  2. Think twice before you speak once. Keep your shop and your shop will keep you. Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. Birds of a feather flock together. What is worth doing at all is worth doing well. The rolling stone
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    David Devaney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lissananny, Co. Galway
    Informant
    David Devaney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    77
    Address
    Lissananny, Co. Galway