School: Cill Bhríde (roll number 13476)
- Location:
- Kilbride, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Antoine Ó Murchadha
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- When building a house you should not build it the other side of the road.
The first day of May if there was a coal brought out of any house the house would be unlucky for the year.
When a man gets married the night of the wedding the man should not (dance) sing.
St John's night when the bonfire is over you should throw a quenched coal into the crop and bring three coals into three the house and put them on the fire.
You should not touch the crane at night or you would be washing the devils shirt.
When you would be throwing out water at night you should say chugar chugar or the fairies would throw the water back again on you.
If there is a black cat in a house it is lucky.
It's unlucky to give the loan of a clocking hen to anyone.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Attracta Conmy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mártan Mac Con Ultaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 88
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Ballymachugh, Co. Mayo
