Volume: CBÉ 0481 (Part 1)

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1. Superstitions (continued)

   

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   longways with the house, never across. And you should always sleep longways in a house.
   Happy the corpse the rain rains on. Happy the bride the sun shines on. They say if a shower of rain falls on a bride that she'll have to shed as many tears, as drops fell on her.
   The candles used for waking a child should be kept. They're lucky; and there's a cure in them, they keep away sickness.
   If you dont eat meat on St. Stephen's day you'll never get sick. On St. Martin's day they kill a cock, or "draw blood". To prevent losses or accidents to stock.
   It isn't right to carry a gun on Xmas Day, or to drive a nail on Good Friday. The devil has the power to load & fire a gun every seven years. 'Tis not right to aim a gun at any wan.

   

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2. A Fool

   

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   There was a fool going around this place wan time by the name of Jack Fitzpatrick. Jack Fitzpatrick the Fool he was called. He was staying in a house wan time, and when he was going to bed

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   Date

   April 1938

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Séamas de Faoite