School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gort an Bheithe, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 08_048
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Piseoga for bringing the luck of butter.
Long ago the old people used bring the luck of their neighbour's butter.On may night after 12 o'clock ,some person would go to a neighbour's cabin bring a small tin can ,dip it in their own ashes ,and go to their neighbour's well and bring some water.Then that man would have no butter ,while the other man would have his and his own.it is said if the master shook Easter water on his cows nothing could happen them.They used get the priest to say Mass in the house and so with the power of the priest and Mass they used get it back by degrees.it is supposed that Dan Moloney was going to take it of Johny Rochford ,but was not able to say the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridget Keely
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sliabh an Óir, Co. an Chláir
- Informant
- John Broderick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Sliabh an Óir, Co. an Chláir
