School: Clareen, Birr
- Location:
- Clareen, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Ó Néill
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- (continued from previous page)If a tooth falls out throw it over your left shoulder saying In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.Put salt in the churning.Make the sign of the cross on the cow with the froth after milking her.
- The Stanleys take the butter and potato and turnip crops as well. Farmers in the district will have no dealings with them. If they pass any remark about a beast it is sure to get sick or die. They never say "God bless it".When they took the butter from anyone Mrs Boyne (now deceased) got it back by means of a charm.Butter was taken from Kealys by a neighbour (not Stanleys) and Mrs. Boyne got it back for them.
- There is no belief in water horses.All those superstitions are in vogue here.
- One day Ned Scully was going to the fair with a fine horse. He met Stanley. "How much are you askin for the horse?", Stanley asked. "I'm not selling". God Bless him. He is a fine beast.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs A. Mulrooney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clareen, Co. Offaly