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   The cowhouse is a house built of stones and an iron roof on it. There is place for four cows in it, The cowhouse is also called the byre. The cows are tied by the neck with a chain to a stake standing erect against the wall.
   On May Eve a branch of a rowan-berry tree is cut and hung in the byre to bring luck on the cattle

   

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   Once upon a time there was a woman milking a cow beside a fort and she heard a child crying. She also heard a woman saying to the child

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