School: Allenwood, Robertstown (roll number 1712)
- Location:
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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- (continued from previous page)are hung up in the cowhouse to bring luck. The sign of the Cross is made on the cow with the froth of the milk and they say "God bless you, cailin". When a woman is calling turkeys she says [?] and [?] to hens. A woman, Mrs Dunne, who lived in Grangeclare, when she was calling the pig, she would say "hurrais, [?].
When putting a hen to hatch a piece of iron is put under the nest to bring luck, and holy water is shaken on the eggs also. An uneven number of eggs is alway put down. - Long ago a man would have to go barefoot until he would be able to earn his first pair of boots.
People wore all brogues that time.
The price of a pair of brogues was(continues on next page)- Informant
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- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Grangeclare West, Co. Kildare