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School: Cill Phian

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Ardnagor, Co. Mayo
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Máire Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0142, Page 256

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    out and leaving a baby after her in the cradle she would leave a [?] in the cradle so that the fairies would not bring the baby. At night going to bed to the people they would put the stool upside down in the cradle afraid a fairy child would be in it in the morning.
    It is believed that if a person put a bag on the roof of a house on that night before May Day, and if he took it down again before sunrise, and if any animal had a pain this bag would cure it. It is called the "May brac" nó brac na bealteaine.
    When a person would have finished a churning he would take a bit of the butter and put it over the fár-doras so that the fairies would not bring the butter.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    null
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    null
    Relation
    Not a relative
    Gender
    Female