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1. Animal Folklore (ar lean)

   

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   goats, pigs, etc. The following notes grouped round each particular animals or groups, though merely directive, may provide suggestions for more extended enquiry where opportunities offer:-
   A Cattle:-
   Folklore of the byre and farmyard; customs observed when byre was being built to ensure lucky stock, objects placed in the foundations (such as coins); stories about byres built on unlucky places - as paths, results to cattle; marks, such as a cross placed on the door, their meaning, hanging of blessed palm in the byres for luck, other talismans, as the placing of a branch of rowan or other tree in the manure heap.
   B. Horses:-
   Names and terms connected with horses; their rearing, their diseases and cures, ill-luck following horses, stories associated with famous horses; wonderful feats of horses etc. Training young horses; famous local trainers.
   C. Sheep & Goats.:-
   Customs associated with breeding, lambing, shearing, dipping, herding, driving, and hunting

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