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School: Castledermot (C.) (roll number 14201)

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Castledermot, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Mrs Elizabeth Aylmer
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0782, Page 083

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    Old local Customs
    There are a lot of old customs. If you go into a house or a field where there are people working you should always say "God bless the work". If you happen to go into a house where a churning is going on and if you do not help at the churning, it is said you will take the butter away with you. When people are talking about a baby they always say "God bless it" or if ot something will happen to the child. There is also another custom if you happen to enter a house where there is a corpe poeple should shake holy water on the
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sinéad Ní Dhuinn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barnhill, Co. Kildare