School: Mastersons (roll number 8390)
- Location:
- Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Gobnait de Búit
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0197, Page 295
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- (continued from previous page)old people say they are getting a letter.
When they see little flies flying round them "letter boys" they say, and they will soon get a letter.
If it rains on St Swithin's day it will rain for forty days and forty nights.
Old people thought it very unlucky to meet a woman on thefirst morning of May and they thought it lucky to meet a man.
A child should never be brought out after dark without putting a horse nail in its clothes, so that it may not be taken away by fairies.
When people see sparks coming out of a fire towards them they say that is the sign of money or good newscoming to themand they always spit on them afraid the fairies would take away the luck.
- Collector
- Ethel Moore
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs Moore
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
