School: Urbal (roll number 13874)
- Location:
- Urbal, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Gerald Kelliher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 502
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“When old women used be finished milking a cow they'd say...”
When old women used be finished milking a cow they'd say:"Coisreacan Dé ort" , and make the Sign of the Cross on the cow's thigh.
- Collector
- Gearóid Ó Céileachair
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Informant
- Francis Earley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Eden, Co. Leitrim
- Here's to the cocks that crow in America,
Waken the people in France,
Rise in rebellion in Ireland
and make the Protestants dance. - Long ago, in most country houses, the fire used to be on the hearth-stone.The ashes used be piled in a heap, on one side. This ashes contained red embers. It was a custom to roast potatoes in this ashes. Potatoes, cooked in this way, were called 'Casts'. Eggs were cooked in the same manner. A roasted egg was called a " [?]"
