School: Eanach Mór (roll number 13912)

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1. Pisreoga (continued)

   

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   11 Tame a pheasant
   12 Keep a wild bird's feather in the house.
   It is right to
   1 Bless yourself when you see the new moon, and for women to turn their aprons and wish.
   2 To stand either outside or inside of the window, and not to stand at the door when watching a funeral.

   

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2. Customs and Beliefs

   

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   1 When people are getting married it is said it is a bad sign to see the bride at the church first. 2 They fire the tongs after a person to give them their blessing. 3 Coats are put under the churn to keep the fairies from stealing the butter. 4 On St. John's night the young people when coming home from the bonfires bring a bone and throw it into the field where the crops are. 5 When a star falls a soul is going to heaven. 6 It is lucky to see two magpies. 7 When you are coming out of bed you should put your left foot first. 8 When you are going astray in the fog you should turn your coat and you will come right. 9 If you put on your clothes inside out in the morning without knowing it you should leave them that way for the day.

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      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mártain Ó Braonáin

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