Volume: CBÉ 0407 (Part 2)

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1. Beliefs and Customs (continued)

   

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   Person who receives dead man's clothes must wear them to Mass following Sunday. "How can I go to Mass when they didn't give me the clothes". "They gave me the clothes, but they didn't give me the boots [B'éigin dó féin peidhre 'thabhg't dó].

   When any member of the family is going away salt is concealed in some part of his garments. [Do mheasas féin go raibh an phollóg agam, uair].

   An bhean bhíonn ag iomchar leinbh ní théigheann sí isteach sa roilig le linn socraide ná aon uair eile go dtí go mbíonn sí "go maith" airis.
   Cam-roilige - geilltear dí, fós.

   To have luck at cards carry a fine comb ("a bloody comb") in your pocket or go under a briar both ends of which are ag fás in the ground.

   If you go astray turn coat inside out.

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