School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór

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1. Local Customs (continued)

   

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   The people used a spade measure for measuring land. A spade was two steps and a step was usually two and a half feet. Flax seed was measured by the pottle. Hay seed was measured by the gallon and it was seldom used. Oats and potatoes were weighed by the firkin. The robin has a red breast because he tried to pull the nails out of Our Saviours hands and feet when He was dying on the cross a drop of blood fell on his breast and every red breast since that day. There is a cross on the donkey's back because he was in the stable the night Our Lord was born and because it was on a donkey He always travelled. You should not beat an animal with a white-thorn stick because

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Tadhg Ó Súilleabháin

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Nohaval Upper, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Tadhg Ó Lubhaing

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   66

   Address

   Nohaval Upper, Co. Cork