School: Drumcrave
- Location:
- Drumcrauve, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Ss. Mac Giolla Choinnigh
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- (continued from previous page)will not go into a shed in which pigs have been. They also resent passing where blood has been, and are supposed to see evil spirits and ghosts.
- When people are setting eggs, they put an extra one down for luck.
- Goats' milk is good medicine for young delicate children, it is also good for softening the skin on an old person's face.
- Collector
- Feardorcha Ó Fionnghalaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bridge Street, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Áine Nig Fionnghalaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 17
- Address
- Bridge Street, Co. Cavan
