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School: Caladh na Feirsde (roll number 13481/2)

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Callanafersy West, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Luain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0433, Page 187

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    If you opened an umbrella inside in a house and put it over your head you would not grow any more.
    If a man met a girl when going fishing he would not get any fish.
    On New Year's Night if you did not strike the door with a cake of bread you would be hungry for the year.
    If you washed clothes on a Monday they would never dry.
    If a girl went to mass with he cap off, all the hair would fall off her head.
    I got the above from my father, Mr. Michael Kelliher.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggie Kelliher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Callanafersy West, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mr Michael Kelliher
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Callanafersy West, Co. Kerry