School: Ballyroddy (roll number 12629)
- Location:
- Ballyroddy, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: -
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The cows are tied to stakes, which form their racks, by the necks, thieving cows are tied by the horns to the legs, out in the pasture field. The things are of chain or hemp or hay ropes, the hay ropes are home-made, the cows are tied with running knots, slip knots or hand knots, you would often see a horse-shoe hanging over the cow-house door for luck. or perhaps a branch of palm, or when cows are about to calve, a medal of the Sacred Heart or some saint. When passing by a person milking you always say:- "God bless the work", and when you have finished milking, you make the sign of the Cross on the cow's hip. when you spill milk you are not to grudge it, as the old people say, the fairies want it. You are not to give away milk on a May morning, as something will happen to your cows before the year is out. If you want to have a lot of butter on your churning get up early on May ring and milk your neighbours cows.
Mrs Holmes (79)
Caldra.
Elphin.
Ita Gannon
Caldra.
Elphin
- Collector
- Ita Gannon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Caldragh, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Mrs Holmes
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 79
- Address
- Caldragh, Co. Roscommon
