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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0341, Page 162

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  1. Some Old Milk Superstitions (continued)

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    cream rising.
    It was generally a shrivelled - up woman’s hand, and as a charm it was supposed to have great potency.
    Spilling milk is considered very unlucky, but the flick of a cows tail in one’s face while milking is supposed to be a sign of money coming.
    If milk is borrowed it should be paid for in kind, not in money.
    And the luckiest present anyone can get is butter, and an old couplet says
    ‘’Get the gold of butter free’’
    ‘’Happy through your life you’ll be’’
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Susie Kelleher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolyhane, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Peggy Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Masseytown, Co. Cork