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School: Crois-Bhóthar

Location:
Pollacorragune, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Bhreitheamhan
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    1. On May Day it is not right to give away milk.
    2. A person who comes into a house while a churning is being made, should leave his hand on the churn-dash.
    3. When old people go to churn, they bless the churning and themselves before they start.
    4. If a person comes for new milk to a house where people are churning, he will not get the new milk till the buttermilk is churned.
    5. A drop of water should be put in new milk before giving it away.
    6. If a child has a cold it is not
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hanroi De Clintún
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tuam, Co. Galway