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School: Kelladone (roll number 5123)

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Killadoon, Co. Mayo
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Padhraic Maguidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137C, Page 04_022

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    in, and the woman of the house to be making a churning. It would not be right for the person to go out until the churning would be made or he might bring all the butter out with him.
    It is also said that it is not right to build a house on the track of an old turf stack or in the track of an old forge. It is also said that if a child went out late at night that there would be danger of him being carried away by fairies, and for that reason they used to tie a burned coal to his dress. It was also said that if the cows
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anthony Mannion
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killadoon, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Mc Namara
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Devlin North, Co. Mayo