School: Ceathrú na gCloch, Gleann Fraoigh (roll number 12806)
- Location:
- Carrownaglogh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Bríd Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 573
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- The moment a person dies the clock is stopped and is not set going again till the funeral is over.
The corpse is always laid out facing the East.
A woman giving birth to her first child must wear something belonging to her husband.
If a persons enters while a churning is going on, and does not leave by the same door by which he entered, he brings the butter with him.
He must also take the churn for a few turns or the same thing happens.
He must not light his pipe or bring a coal from the house. There will be no butter if he does.
When a member of a family is going on a journey, or setting about some important business, he must(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bríd Bhreathnach
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Bunnyconnellan, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Sorcha Ní Maol Earcaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrownaglogh, Co. Mayo
