School: Newtownmanor (roll number 4905)
- Location:
- Newtownmanor, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: P. Mac Néill (Nelson)
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- (continued from previous page)on the chalice. When Christ arose from the dead the cock crowed and said "Tá Mac na h-óighe slán" (The son of the virgin is saved) and there is a belief that when the cock crows we should bless ourselves.
Some people think that when they see gray moths flying round the lamp at night that a member of the family is about to die. - It is considered unlucky to kill a swan as the belief is that the children of Lir are still in the shape of swans.
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- Collector
- Nan Scanlon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cornalaghta, Co. Leitrim