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1. Some Old Milk Superstitions (continued)

   

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   another bottle and the same thing happened, but this time, there was a frantic knocking at the door, and they all heard the cries of someone in great pain. When the door was opened - the suspected woman staggered in, and confessed everything, she declared the bursting of the bottles had nearly killed her, and she swore by all that was holy, never to interfere with anyone’s cattle again,

   An old fashioned way to safeguard the milk and butter from witchcraft was to wash the churn and the dairy vessels with water taken from a place where three streams met, and another rather gruesome charm, which has been used within living memory, is to keep a dead hand in the dairy, and draw it through all the milk in the pans to insure plenty of

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Susie Kelleher

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Coolyhane, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Peggy Lynch

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Masseytown, Co. Cork