School: Ceathrú na Leac (roll number 12273)
- Location:
- Carrownaleck, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0171, Page 137
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - This trick is still played - a girl combs her long hair before a mirror at midnight, while she eats an apple. She sees her future husband peeping across her shoulder, reflected in the glass.
This is also played still - A girl puts nine grains of oats and a mouthful of water in her mouth and stands at a neighbours or at her parents door and listens carefully. The first man's name she hears will be that of her future husband.
The people still believe that the fairies dance all night and play funny tricks on people who are out late on No.v night. The most common trick is that of setting traveller's astray.
