School: Shanagolden (B.) (roll number 3786)
- Location:
- Shanagolden, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0483, Page 295
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- In olden times when a crowd of people gathered together at a wake it was customary for them to tell fairy stories and discuss superstitions, practices especially those relating to churning and "butter taking".On one occasion at a wake in this locality a certain woman complained that the cows were dying of some mysterious disease and all attributed this misfortune to the fact that a neighbour had carried out superstitious spells upon her herd. As a result the milk-supply diminished, and as she was very poor she could not afford to buy milk. These was a very old man present and hearing her story he was struck with pity. He told her to get a fairly long sugán and place it across one of the cross-sticks of the roof. She should then get a pail and catch the two ends of the sugán, one in each hand, and work them as if she were milking a cow. At the same time she(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Mulvihill
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Thomas Burns
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Ballynash (Bishop), Co. Limerick
