School: Caisleán na hÉille (The Neale)
- Location:
- Neale, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Mhic Domhnaill
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- A red coal is put under the churn when making a churning for fear a man would come in to light his pipe while the churning is being made and bring some of the butter when he is going.
If a person comes in to a house where a churning is being made he must help in making the churning with his two hands or there will not be any butter in the milk.
When one magpie is seen a person is supposed to have bad luck and when two magpies are seen a person is supposed to have good luck. Three magpies is a sign of birth. Four is a sign of marriage. Five is a sign that you will get money.
When a person is going on a journey and he meets a red-haired women it is supposed that he will not have any luck.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Julia Davern
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Peggy Davern
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 96
- Address
- Caherduff, Co. Mayo