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School: Ráth Morgáin (roll number 15966)

Location:
Ráth Muireagáin, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bean Uí Cholmáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0130, Page 394

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    There are not many places in Ireland but there is less or more of pisreóga to be heard. Here are some of them.
    1. Anyone does not like to spend or give away anything on New - Year's day and they do not like a woman to come in on New - year's day unless a man had come in before her because the woman would bring bad luck to the house
    2 On the sixth of January they get rushes and dip them in grease and each one will take one of the little candles and stick it in a piece of bread and the first one that will be
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Micheál Mac Aindriú
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortmore, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Seán Mac Aindriú
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortmore, Co. Mayo