School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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- We have four cows. We call one Poll, one of them Black tail, one the White horn. My mother milks them every morning and evening.
She milks a few strands on the ground first for the fairies and she makes the sign of the cross on the cow's side in order to bless her.
Long ago people used to tie a horse-shoe nail in a red rag on a cow's tail before she calved(continues on next page)- Collector
- Annie Kearns
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Prison North, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Kearns
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Prison North, Co. Mayo