School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 17_019
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- (continued from previous page)are also put on them. In order to make the cows go speedily along the people say,
"Hough, Hough" and when they want them to stand they say,
"Purigín, Purigín".
Before the cows calf a red woolen thread is put round a house-shoe nail and tied on to the cow's tail for good luck. It is called "An tairgne cruaidh". When they calf the sign of the cross is made on them with a coal.
When the cows are milked the sign of the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Kearns
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Kearns
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Manulla, Co. Mayo
