School: Dearg Dún (roll number 10894)
- Location:
- Dergvone, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Máire Ní Lochlainn
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- (continued from previous page)Milk should not be thrown with a stream and milk-cans should be washed at the house and not at a stream or river.People also believe that if they go out under a branch of a tree they will cease to grow.It is unlucky to begin any work on a Tuesday, and if work be commenced on Saturday it will never be finished. People going to a fair with cattle tied a red ribbon or string on the animal's tails so that nobody will "overlook" them.If a woman gives a fowl - turkey, hen or goose - as a present to a neighbouring(continues on next page)
