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Catalogue of Brand Material.
Slaughtering-time for cattle (obs.).
Proverb : " His Martinmas will
come, as it comes to every hog.'
Annual allowance paid to parish
poor (1793) . - - -
Perthsh. (Caputh).
IRELAND.
St. Martin's Eve, November ioth Name. Feile Mairtin. Obligatory Observances.
Blood must be spilt — some animal,
usually a cock, is killed Animal previously ailing, dedicated to St. Martin, to be killed on St. Martin's Eve on recovery ^ Blood is sprinkled on the threshold
locality.
Wexford.
Co. Mayo.
Co. Roscommon.
St. Martin's Day, November iith.
I. Name. La feile Mdirtin. II. Obligatory Observances. [a) Things Prohibited.
No boat must go out - No mill must grind corn
No spinning wheel must turn
No wheel must turn - No blood must be spilt on November nth
{b) Things Enjoined.
Blood must be spilt — animal,
usually a cock, killed Animal previously ailing dedi- cated to St. Martin on recovery to be killed at Martinmas - - .
locality.
Wexford, West Coast.
Western Islands, Wex- ford.
Western Islands, Wex- ford.
Western Islands.
Co. Mayo.
Co. Clare.
Co. Roscommon (Ath-
lone). Co. Leitrim. Arran Isles.
1 See Prohibitions, St. Martin's Day.
