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    Is minic a connachthas cailín ruadh maidhin lá bealtaine...

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    On St Martin's day from 12 o clock 10th of the month...

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    On St Johns night it was the custom to light a bush...

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    On the eve of Michaelmas night it was the custom to kill a goose...

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    When a cow calves, the first friday after the calf's ear is cut.

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    If you go into a house where churning is being done...

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    Also when churning is being done ....

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    If your calves are dying...

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    A number of people when an animal dies....

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    It is belived that the ass goes on one knee...

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    It is considered unlucky to kill an ass.

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    On a certain night the last thing to be done....

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    It is considered unluckly to kill a robin....

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    The person who lights the first fire on May morning....

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    If butter is taken from the people of a house...

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    A May morning some years ago, a priest was riding on his horse...

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    In some places goats skin is put into calves ears...

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