School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. O' Reilly
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- (continued from previous page)Then the hare went limping back to her barrow. The man followed her into the burrow and found an ugly woman in it bandaging the leg which he has hit with a bullet.
- The cow-houses' to-day are all cemented but long ago they were only old houses built of stone. The cowhouse is called the manger. In the middle of the floor there is a big stick stuck in the ground. There is an iron ring on the stick and a thick rope with a crook on the end of it. The rope is put round the cows neck and the crook is put into the ring.
Most people hang palm or shake holy water in the house(continues on next page) - Collector
- Brendan Mooney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballaghanea, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Charles Mooney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Ballaghanea, Co. Cavan
