School: Mercy Convent, Newtownforbes (roll number 8546)
- Location:
- Newtown Forbes, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. M. Brainín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0757, Page 015
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- (continued from previous page)house keeper would not allow a visitor to leave without giving a hand at the churning. It was also considered unlucky for a man who had called for a coal for his pipe to leave before the churning was finished. Another old belief was that on May Morning a witch went around and stole people's butter with the result that no butter used to appear in the churn. I understand that people who study the matter are now able to explain the reason which had nothing to do at all with witches.
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“One early morning as a man was going to a fair the horse which he was taking lost his shoe.”
One early morning as a man was going to a fair the horse which he was taking lost his shoe. The man stopped at the next town and after getting a meal at the hotel and getting the horse shod he continued on his journey, his destination being a distant town. As he went on away from(continues on next page) - Collector
- Maggie Toher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Newtown Forbes, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mr Prunty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Newtown Forbes, Co. Longford
