School: Baile an Bhile (B.) (roll number 12195)
- Location:
- Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: John F. Higgins
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- (continued from previous page)over the hills.
The horse is kept in the stable. There is a horseshoe nailed to the door. The old people say that this is bringing good luck. There is a stout stick fastened to the wall to which a rope is fastened to tie the horse. When a horse is bring driven "Gee" is said to him. Long ago if a horses hair was very long the people got a candle and a brush. The youngest child in the house was told to say whether it was lucky or not to clip the horse on that day. If he said it was the hair that was set alight by the lighted candle. When the flames were nearing the skin they were quenched by the brush. Very few people in the district keep goats. The goats are driven into the fields near the bog and every two of them are tied together by means of a rope called a "curheen".(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Finn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cuiltycreaghan, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Patrick Finn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cuiltycreaghan, Co. Mayo
