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School: An Chúil Árd (C.) (roll number 12588)

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Coolard, Co. Kerry
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Máire Ní Liaghain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0401, Page 418

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    “Long ago people used to make spancels out of the snare of the cows' tails.”

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    Long ago people used to make spancels out of the snare of the cows' tails. Then they used to put them in the stall or in the dairy.
    It is said that if a person carried the spancels out of the stall or the dairy he could carry the milk also.
    There lived a woman near
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kit Scanlon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glouria, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Thomas Galvin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Glouria, Co. Kerry