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School: Lankill (roll number 16904)

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Lankill, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 06_082

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    haired man to come into the house in the morning before any other one would come in. They would have good luck then for the year.
    May Day.
    If one gives away milk in a May day they say that they will have no milk for the year.
    Churning
    When people begun to churn they put a burned coal under the churn for fear the butter would be brought.
    A jacket.
    When one would be going
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Keane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinlough, Co. Mayo