School: Coill an Gharráin (roll number 14865)
- Location:
- Killacorraun, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Riagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 420
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- (continued from previous page)Saint Bridget was very fond of the cows. Where people have finished milking they put a cross on the cows side with the milk. If a calf is born and a leg or something els missing it is for bad luck. If a cow have two heiffers together it is a sign of good luck. But if the have a huffer and a bullock together it is a sign of bad luck.
- The local animals on a farm are, horses, asses, cows, sheep, pigs cattle and goats, Somepeople give names to all their stock and others do not, These are some of the local names people usually give their stock :, - Toby, Binkey, Croímen and Mackpie. The word a person says when he is driving cows is Hí, If the cows were cross they would(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eílís Ní Ceallacháin
- Gender
- Female
