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School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)

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Gortaveha, Co. Clare
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P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 10_053

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    53 times they used get flax seed and eggs in the garden and their potatoes would be no good.Nowadays people are not keeping up that custom at all because they only shake the Easter water .The people used churn some of their cream and keep and keep the butter in an old canister and keep it for luck until mat Eve again,and it used be as fresh after the year as when they put it in.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. May (~639)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hanora Corry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mr Martin Corry
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    52
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Clare