Folklore - Superstitions

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Folklore - Superstitions  [duchas:4590439]

A custom among the old Irish people was to give the churn-dash to the person who entered the house while churning was going on.
     Another custom was to (give) make the sign of the cross on a cow's hip after milking.
A custom among the people in the old thatched houses was to make a cross on the first of February and put it in the thatch.
     To eat a big number of eggs on Easter Sunday was another custom.  Another custom was not to put out ashes or give out milk on May Day.  It was said by the old people that the fairies used to be out on November's Night.

Folklore - Superstitions  [duchas:4590440]

The people used to leave a plate of food out-side the window on that night and it was eaten in the morning.  In the olden times the people spent much of their time at basket-work.  They also spent their time in Summer making huts for themselves from stick and sods.
     In the olden ages people made butter and salter it.  After this they buried it in the bogs.  They left it there during the long Winter months.