School: Knocktoosh, Ráthluirc (roll number 12786)
- Location:
- Knocktoosh, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máire Ní Ghruagáin
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- (continued from previous page)gave it to the priest whatever he did to it anyone in that house could not work Pishogues afterwards they became charmless. The priest stopped them but he died himself
Another way people need to ground themselves from Pishogues was on May somebody would make the butter they would not either sell or use this butter but they would preserve it in a jar. They would put a very tiny piece of this in every churn they would make during the year as it was said to e very lucky.
If anybody went into the neighbour's house while the churns were(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Julia O' Keeffe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killilagh, Co. Limerick
