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School: Creganbane (roll number 14079)

Location:
Cregganbaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Dáithí Mag Réill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137B, Page 30_004

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    It is an old doing to kill a gosse sometimes between November night and St. Martin's night in honour of St. Martin. You must put a drop of the goose's blod in each of the four corners of the house and a drop in the fire.
    It is not right to leave a spinning wheel prepared for spinning on St. Martin's night and to go to bed. Because the fairies will be spinning all the night and it never will be any use after.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St Martin (~177)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katie Kilcoyne
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