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School: Na Creaga

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Creggs, Co. Galway
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Liam Ó Breandáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 271

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    In olden times if a calf died of black-leg, the old people believed if they cut off the calfs leg at the knee, and put it behind the rafter that no more cattle would die of black-leg. Before they would leg. Before they would (leg) let out a cow after calving they would tie a red ribbon on her tail for fear of the fairies would bring her.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    2. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mick Delaney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Creggs, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas Delaney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Creggs, Co. Galway