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1. The Care of Our Farm Animals (ar lean)

   

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   put holly in the stall house on Christmas night to bring luck on the cattle because our Lord was born in a stable. The customs connected with milking are:- (1) to wash your hands after milking each cow (2) to milk the cow fast and not to be stopping now and then, because the cow might toughen (3) to milk them out clear.
   When goats come running home with their heads down it is supposed to be a sign of bad weather. When a sheep falls on her back she can never rise. When she is caught in a corner she never screams. When people were settling the eggs for the hatching in olden times they put an old horse shoe or any other iron under the nest "for fear of thunder." It would keep it from destroying the eggs. When the geese lay eggs they are put into bran to keep them fresh. The old custom was to prepare the nest, get the eggs and get a sally and burn a little of it in the fire. Then the woman of the house would make the Sign of the cross on the eggs. The same sally was kept until St. Patricks day to make the sign of the cross

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