School: Páirc na nDriseóg (roll number 14294)
- Location:
- Brierfield, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Conaire
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- (continued from previous page)not throw out the water till all the people of the house comes in and if they would not throw it out they would put a burned coal in it.When they are sowing oats and slits they would put a grain of salt, a bit of palm and a drop of holy water before they sow them.When the people would be going out at night they would put a grain of salt in their pocket for fear the fairies would touch them.When a person is going to a fair they would rather meet a man first than a woman. They would say that they would have not have any luck for the day if they meet the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Fahy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dangan Oughter, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Margaret Fahy
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Dangan Oughter, Co. Galway