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School: Ballinacarrow (roll number 13277)

Location:
Ballynacarrow, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Duibheannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0175, Page 174

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  1. Old Customs Which Are Still Preserved

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    Old Customs Which are still [?]
    1. May Day throw out no ashes, give away no milk or the butter will be taken. Leave clean water in the kithen, sweep up the hearth and leave a few "spuds" in a pot on the hot for the fairies. Also throw out no water after dark.
    2. If you enter a house and find a woman churning, be sure and take a turn at the churn for fear the butter would would go.
    3. Pat the Sign of the Cross on the cow's udder after she has been milked.
    4. It is customary to make pancakes on Shrove Tuesday and that night is called "Pancake Night"
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dorothy Hall
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Templehouse, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Owen Ford
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    86
    Address
    Templehouse, Co. Sligo