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School: Mainistir Phádraig Naofa (roll number 1016)

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    1. Long ago when a cow would calf the owners would put red rag and a bit of wax candle around her tail so that the fairies would not take her.
    2. The people would not dig a grave on Monday unless some of it was dug on Sunday.
    The reason was that something happened on a Monday after the coming of saint Patrick.
    3. You should go to far too a fair or to far for a wife.
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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
    Peter Feeney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Prospect Hill, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Feeney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Prospect Hill, Co. Galway