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School: Urhan (B.) (roll number 12259)

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Urhin, Co. Cork
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Seán Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0275, Page 152

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    of the cow-house for fear the cows would be milked. They used lock the door of the milk-house for fear the milk or the butter would be removed. They used bring in green branches.
    When the first cow used calf they used put the first milk over the fire and make the sign of the cross with the right hand over it.
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    “On May day if you point the staff of a churn through an elder tree”

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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. May (~639)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peadar Ó hÚrdail
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcatherine, Co. Cork