School: Toomore (roll number 16401)
- Location:
- Toomore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0154, Page 131
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- Names of cows:
Brindle, Ebony, Speckle, and Bessie.
Tyings:
The tyings the people put on cattle in my district are, crumnease which goes from forefoot to head, sidelang which goes from fore foot to hind foot, búrrín. which goes from fore-foot to fore-foot
Luck:
Some people hang horse-shoes for luck in the barns. There was once an evil person in my district and he fell out with his neighbour. As soon as this happened he went into the other man's barn and cast an evil(continues on next page)
