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School: Knockjames

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0590C, Page 02_019

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    Pishogs
    May day is the day for the day of Pishogs. Some people who belive in Pishogs put meat and eggs in the potato gardens. So that the Pishogs would not take their crop. They also believe that butter can be taken away by Pishogs. It is said that a person would go and milk an neighbour's cow May day so that he would increase his own milk and butter. When
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Digedan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Patrick Digedan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryulk Middle, Co. Clare