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School: Abbeyleix Convent (roll number 13613)

Location:
Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Mother Paul
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0832, Page 034

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    back. My people say that those beals are safer than chains.
    Palm is supposed to keep sickness from the stock when hung up on the roof of the cow house. A cross made from rushes on the 1st of February and hung up in either the kitchen or cow house is supposed to keep away fire. If you rob a swallow's nest that is in the cow house the cows are supposed to milk blood because there are three drops of Devils blood in each swallow.
    If a May bush is put before the door and an egg shell put on it a good supply of eggs may be expected for the rest of the year.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    E. Bergin
    Gender
    Female