School: Ráth an Tóiteáin (Burnfort), Malla (roll number 11249)
- Location:
- Burnfort, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Mac Óda (Archdeacon)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0389, Page 258
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- It is unlucky to go Northwards on a Monday and Southwards on a Tuesday.It is said that the birds start building their nests on the 1st of March every year, and that if the 1st falls on a Sunday, they will not start until the 2nd of the month.If a weasel found you asleep at night he would suck your blood and kill you.Some people say that if a person found a four-leaved shamrock no one could make a fool of him.Long ago there used to live people who could change themselves into a hare, and they used to milk the cows of other people and sell the milk afterwards. It happened one morning that when a farmer went into the field for his cows, what should he see milking one of the cows but a hare. His hound pursued the hare and caught it by the leg. The farmer went afterwards to a house nearby and he saw a woman sitting by the fire crying.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tom Mulcahy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bottlehill, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mulcahy
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bottlehill, Co. Cork
