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School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)

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Gortaveha, Co. Clare
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P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 03_041

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    have a charm for bringing potatoes and when the Holy Water is shaken they can not bring il. Some will take potatoes and put down eggs in their place and they might bring the luck off ones potatoes and then you could not get them back again.
    If any stance person milked your cows on May Eve they would bring the luck of your butter. Some people in the world such as priests can know the person and there must also be a mass said in the house before it was taken back.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. May (~639)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáit Ní Chorra
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Thomas Corry
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Clare