School: Geevagh (roll number 1213)
- Location:
- Geevagh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0181, Page 168
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- The old people used to put a coat under the churn when they started churning so that no one would ' bring the butter'.
- Collector
- Paddy Joe Conlon
- Gender
- Male
- It is lucky to put a coin in the can the first time a cow is being milked.
- If a coal is brought from a bone-fire and thrown into a field of potatoes it is supposed to bring luck on the crop.
- A red rag is tied round a lamb's neck to keep the fox from killing it.
