School: Garrán (B.) (roll number 11274)
- Location:
- Garrane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Conchobhar Ó Drisceoil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0293, Page 229
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- 1 When a person is stretched down no one should step over him because he would not grow any more.
2 A corpse should be taken the longest way to the graveyard always.
3 No animal should be brought into a house where there is a child who is not able to walk.
4 When a person is dead in a house the clock should be stopped.
5 A baby's hair should not be combed or his nails cut until he is twelve months old.
6 When two people are washing their hands in the same water they should spit into it or they would have a fight.
7 It is unlucky to open an umbrella in a house.
8 It is unlucky to meet a foxy woman on a May(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs F. Mac Carthy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 51
- Address
- Betsborough, Co. Cork
