School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)
- Location:
- Carran, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Muirthille
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- (continued from previous page)then they would light it and let it burn for three days and three nights, some men have to watch it and to keep putting turf and stones on it. When they have enough burned they stop it, and then they have very good lime for whitewashing.
- The old people long ago had many pisherógs, and some people have them up to the present day. There is an old pisheróg, that on May morning somebody would go to the neighbours cows and take some of the milk from them, then he would throw the milk up through his own cream, and it is said that that person would have all(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní Dabhuren
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Meggagh West, Co. Clare
