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School: Ceathrú Mhór (roll number 16289)

Location:
Carrowmore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Thomas F. O' Hara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126, Page 247

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  1. Superstitions Relating to Churning (continued)

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    woman in Graffy and when a cow called she used to bring the tongs and a burning sod of turf to the barn and put them across the cow three times. If she did not she thought that her milk would be very weak and that she would have very little butter.
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  2. Superstitions Relating to Halloween

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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Julia Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartron, Co. Mayo