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School: Stracarne (roll number 16343)

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Sragarn, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
P. Mac Aonghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 451

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    month, so [?] where the fun takes place. If you bring in a big snail on that night, and put him on a saucer of flour, he will write the name of your future husband or wife as the case may be.
    All young girls who are thinking of getting married place their shoes in the form of the letter T under their beds, and say the following piece
    "I place my shoes in the form of a T.
    To-night in my dreams my truelove to see
    The colour of his hair
    The clothes he will ware
    And the day he'll be married to me."

    They believe that they will be married to whoever
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Mc Guinness
    Gender
    Female