School: Termonfeckin (roll number 16209)
- Location:
- Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
- Teacher: T. Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0676, Page 132
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- (continued from previous page)comes in it is a custom to take a 'breach' so as not to take the butter away.
Another custom was, that a person comes in and puts a coal in their pipe it was considered unlucky.
If buttermilk or even fresh milk was given, a pinch of salt was put in it to keep the luck, but under no circumstances was milk given on May Day, and a red ribbon was tied on the cows' tails to guard them against bad luck.
- Home made toys.
Boys made what was called a satapull from a fork shaped pieced of stick, usually cut from an ash stick, to each prong of this was fastened a(continues on next page)
