School: Monedarragh, Mostrim (roll number 7642)
- Location:
- Monadarragh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhealláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0770, Page 089
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- 1. "Shake ashes on the door-step on May Eve and look at it on May morning. If there are tracks (footprints) turned in, it's a sign of a marriage, but if they are turned out, it's a sign of a death."2. "If you are coming home from a bonefire on Bonefire Night, you should bring a coal with you and throw it in the field where your crops are, and you will have a double crop that year"3. "It's said that when you see a clock you should kill him and say "To-day and To-morrow and the sins you commit to-day and to-morrow will be forgiven.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Hanly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Monadarragh, Co. Longford
