School: Gurrane (B.) (roll number 14839)
- Location:
- Clondrohid, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0326, Page 141
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- (continued from previous page)the Devil and he trying to stop Our Lord from going to the sick person.There are lots of old sayings about horses. This is one of them:-
Four white legs send them far away.
Three white legs keep them not a day.
Two white legs give them to a friend.
One white leg keep him to the end.
According to the old sayings the horse with one white leg is best.There was once a man and the boys around used to be playing tricks on him. On one occasion they put a horse around his house and tied chains to him. The man thought it was the devil. They did this trick on three nights running. The following day the horse had a big lump on his leg and it never cured.Lots of stories are told about stalls (cowhouses) being built on paths and coins put into the foundation. It is said that if you put half a crown into the foundation you will have luck with all the cows. If you build a stall on a path the fairies would take all your milk and you could not make butter. The colours of the lucky cows are brown and grey. It is a custom to burn the hair of a cow's udder with a blessed candle before the first milking.
- Collector
- Michael Kelleher
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Garranenagappul, Co. Cork
