School: Cashen, Baile Dubh, Tráighlí (roll number 14992)
- Location:
- Ballyduff, Co. Kerry
- Teachers: Máire de Paor Dd. Allman
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- If you kill a cat, you won't have luck for seven years.
You should never start milking a cow with your left hand.
It isn't right to hang a dog or a cat.
If you hit a horse with a piece of elder he'll die.
It isn't right to tackle a white ass in the middle of the night.
A woman should never walk before two horses when they're ploughing.
A person should never cross a headland when the horses are ploughing.
If a calf was dying in a house, and if a woman had a red petticoat, and if she took it off, and beat the calf on the back with it, it would get all right.
If a calf is dying in a house, she will get all right if the woman of the house knots her apron over him.
If a calf is dying, and if a person made "Cas na Péiste" (Snaidhm na Péiste) over him, he would get all right.
They say that wherever a mare foals out in a field, that the four-leaved shamrock will grow there.
If you were going the road, and if a black cat crossed the road, tis a sign of bad luck.
If a cat followed you anywhere you'ld be lucky.
It isn't right to sell the first calf a cow would have.
You should never take a bonham from a sow, until he is three days old.
You should never bury an animal under a path.
You should never pull a dead animal with a live animal.
You should never hit a dog on the road by night.
It isn't right to say "God Bless" a cat or a dog.(continues on next page)
