School: Doire / Derrew (roll number 14624)

Location:
Derrew, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Caitlín Bean Uí Maolalaidh
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  1. 1. If you would give away milk on May day you would not have any milk for the rest of the year.
    2. If you would be making the churning and not to put a coal under the churn, the fairies would steal the butter.
    3. If you would not put a red teap on the cow's tail after her calving the fairies would steal the milk.
    4. If you would meet a red haired girl on the
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Gibbons
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonee, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mary Gibbons
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonee, Co. Mayo