School: Newtownanner, Cluain Meala (roll number 1559)
- Location:
- Baile Nua na hAnnúire, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Corcoráin
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- (continued from previous page)And so it is with habits which are not checked early. "Better is an ass that carries you than a horse that throws you".
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- Collector
- Mary Fitzgerald
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile an Phrióra, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- Mrs O' Gorman
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- This is old custom in County Waterford. On St. John's Eve people light bonfires on the side of the roads or in a field and try and make the cows jump them when they are going out after being milked(continues on next page)