School: Breaffy (roll number 15555)

Location:
Breaghwy, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Peadar Ó Catháin
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 295

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 295

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Breaffy
  2. XML Page 295
  3. XML “More Pisreoga”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. (continued from previous page)
    jam-pot
    118 When a person would buy a pack of cards he always burns the joker because he is the devil.
    119 If a person sees a white thing at night he will have good luck.
    120 When going on a journey if one met black cat he would be lucky
    121 When a pair would be getting married a horse shoe would be tied to the car for luck.
    122 If there were any stones in a fort no one should touch them.
    123 If a person has a certain number of tea-leaves in his cup he will get a letter.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Ginley
    Gender
    Male