School: Gleann Fleisge

Location:
Glenflesk, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Donnchadh Ó Spiolláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0457, Page 892

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    you will be giving it out for the week.
    33.
    There was a woman there long ago and she went into a cowhouse and took the spancel which was tying the cow and carried it and and she used milk the spancel the same as if she was milking the cow and if any one belonging to the cow went milking her they could not get any drop from her.
    34.
    People lock their dairy on May before their butter would be carried.
    35.
    It is very unlucky to sell eggs without money. There was an old woman there long ago and she used get a lot of eggs everyday about a dozen and a half. One day one of her neighbours came to her
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    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
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