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1. The Care of Our Farm Animals (continued)

   

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   a cock and sprinkle the door with the blood. The goose is said to be for the people and the cock for the house. In olden times no horse used to be tackled to a car on that day.

   

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2. Travelling Folk

   

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   Travelling Folk. Travelling folk visit this district very often especially when horse fair days are approaching.They stay a small piece outside the village and live in vans.At night they make a camp in which they sleep. The women go from house to house and take everything they get as food and clothes.

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
         1. travellers (~3,023)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Jennie Tubridy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballykett, Co. Clare

   Informant

   Michael Tubridy

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballykett, Co. Clare