School: Cluain Uaithne Beag
- Location:
- Shannon Harbour, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Winifred Molloy
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0816, Page 307
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- (continued from previous page)goats, pigs, etc. The following notes grouped round each particular animals or groups, though merely directive, may provide suggestions for more extended enquiry where opportunities offer:-
A Cattle:-
Folklore of the byre and farmyard; customs observed when byre was being built to ensure lucky stock, objects placed in the foundations (such as coins); stories about byres built on unlucky places - as paths, results to cattle; marks, such as a cross placed on the door, their meaning, hanging of blessed palm in the byres for luck, other talismans, as the placing of a branch of rowan or other tree in the manure heap.
B. Horses:-
Names and terms connected with horses; their rearing, their diseases and cures, ill-luck following horses, stories associated with famous horses; wonderful feats of horses etc. Training young horses; famous local trainers.
C. Sheep & Goats.:-
Customs associated with breeding, lambing, shearing, dipping, herding, driving, and hunting(continues on next page)
