School: Baile Treasna, Caisleán Mumhan (Ballytarsney) (roll number 15970)

Location:
Ballytarsna (Hackett), Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Seán Ó Freathaile
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    that they might be lucky. When cows calf they usually shake holy water on them, and burn the hair off the cow's udder with a blessed candle.
    May-Eve. On May Eve they shake easter water on the cows, and put a whitethorn branch hanging in the house.
    Palm that is blessed on (Eas)'Palm Sunday is put in cow-houses, sheds and stables to protect the stock and produce of the farm, and the house itself for luck.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
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    English