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School: Lisball

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Lisball, Co. Cavan
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S. O' Doherty
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1009, Page 162

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    Long ago the people were afraid of fairies. If a cow calved for the first time, the people thought it was a custom for a fairy woman or bean síde to come and milk her.
    The people thought if the fairy would milk her, that she would yield no butter on her milk. The people tied a red rag to the cow's tail. The people thought this would keep them away.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Florence Roundtree
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gartnaneane, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs J. Stewart
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bracklin, Co. Cavan