School: Allenwood, Robertstown (roll number 1712)
- Location:
- Fiodh Alúine, Co. Chill Dara
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 151
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- (continued from previous page)if you have any friends dead that they come and stand round the door on Hallowe'en night asking you for a prayer. On that night the old people would not throw any water near the door.
- Some cows have special names. When driving the cow they say "sh-h". The house where the cow is kept, is sometimes called the cowhouse, or cowshed or stable. There is a post driven down in the cowhouse and a chain is fastened on to this and the chain is put round the cow's neck, and she is tied this way. When calling a cow they say "pruggy, pruggy"(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary F. Kennedy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Fiodh Alúine, Co. Chill Dara
