School: Baile na Carraige, Cill Díoma (roll number 11295)
- Location:
- Ballynacarriga, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Gríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0504, Page 312
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- There are many horses in the locality. They are ussually called by names such as Tom, Charlie, and Dandy. Mares are call Fanny, Moll or Bess. A horse-shoe is (but) put over a stable door for luck.
Thirteen eggs are set for hatching. It is said that there is luck in odd numbers. When calling hens people say Tuic Tuic.
- Collector
- Lizzie O Neill
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rockfield, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mr M. O Neill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rockfield, Co. Limerick
- The farmers of this locality put holy-water on the cows on May Eve lest the fairies should come at night and milk them. It is said the fairies take the form of a hare.
When Mr Caulfield owned Copeswood he had a very good race-horse was riding for pleasure on a certain day. The horse began to run away and he jumped two gates and thier hight were six feet and a 10 feet wide of a trench. When he came(continues on next page)
