School: Ballygar (C)

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   7) If you fall in the grave yard you will be the next to die.

   8) If a hen crows late at night you should kill her when you get up the next morning.

   9)If you get a cold in March you will have it for the rest of the year.

   10) It is unlucky to waste salt.

   11) If a sod of turf falls from the fire a stranger will come into the house.

   12) It is unlucky to bring a branch of white thorn bush into the house

   13) If you look in a mirror in the dark you are sure to see the devil.

   14) It is right to throw a piece of bread into the fire because it feeds the souls in Purgatory.

   15) The first thing you should bring into a new house is a ____(?)

   16) If a cow has two black calves it is a sign of good luck.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. creidiúint (~391)
         1. creidiúint choiteann (~2,535)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Christina Ward

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Béal Átha Ghártha, Co. na Gaillimhe

   Informant

   Mrs Ward

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Béal Átha Ghártha, Co. na Gaillimhe