A red rag is often tied around the cow’s tail so that the fairies will not take away the milk or butter. Some people as keep cows in the May Eve for the same reason. Cows are given an extra good bed of straw on Christmas night.
Collector: Unknown
Informant: Unknown
Place: Lickerrig, Co. Galway
Footnote: Duchas, ‘The Schools’ Collection’, www.duchas.ie
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