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School: Cluain na gCorp (Cloneyharp) (roll number 1706)

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Clonyharp, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire Ní Chinnéide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0583, Page 059

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    There are several customs which the people had in the olden times still preserved in this locality. It is a custom that whenever you look at an animal or a child you should say "God bless it." It is another custom that the people used to make their own butter and many people still do so.
    It is also customary that people hang up a piece of boiled meat on Shrove Tuesday as a "Thigeagera" and take it down on Easter Sunday. This is supposed to cure diseases in cattle.
    All the old maids and bachelors are chalked on the Sunday
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Coady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonyross (Bolton), Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Patrick Coady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonyross (Bolton), Co. Tipperary