School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Tralee (roll number 16871)
- Location:
- Tralee, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: An tSr. Bríd
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0439, Page 175
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- (continued from previous page)(111) More people have the power to reclaim milk and butter, stolen in like manner, if they could only see the smoke rising out of the chimney of the evil doers home no matter how far distant or removed.IV If a person helps a neighbours to milk the cows, that person should not leave the byre without washing and drying his hands.V Be sure to say "God bless all here" on entering a neighbour's byre or stable. The omission of the blessing is sometimes the cause of great anxiety to the neighboursVI When you give milk away to anyone (no matter what quantity) be sure to drop a little salt into it before doing so. If the salt is not put into it all the person who gets the milk has to do in order to steal yours is to skim the milk and though some power or other he sencures all yours7 If ever you enter a house where a churn is being made, be sure to offer to turn it before you depart, or the people will thing ill of you.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mícheál Ó Mainín
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloon More, Co. Kerry
