School: Cúl na Fearna
- Location:
- Coolnafarna, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Duibhir
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- (continued from previous page)When a cow would calf the people used bless her with a coal of fire by making the sign of the cross under and over her to save her then tie a red tape on her tail for fear of anyone taking away her butter. Other people used always nail a horse-shoe on the door for good luck.On May morning people usually threw a rope before the cow and would take a bit of the grass where she would walk and put it under the churn when churning by the way of keeping their(continues on next page)
