School: Bragan (roll number 12482)

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   “In olden times two men who were shoemakers lived in the townland of Drumfurrer.”

   

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   pairs of shoes and fix another pair.
   Another well known shoemaker lived in Smothan [?] named Eugene McKenna. He is living yet and is fairly old.

   

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   “In olden times people believed in superstitions.”

   

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   If they were going to a fair or market and met a red haired woman on the road they would turn back for fear of bad luck or if a weasel crossed the road or a single magpie they would return home also. They would never set a hen on Saturday for fear of a bad flock. They would never lend any farming implements on the first of May for fear of having a bad crop themselves.

   If the crook would crack on its own accord they would believe there was a stranger coming to the house.

   I was told there were some people in this locality who used to tie a red rag on the tail of the cattle lest the neighbours would blink them and take their produce away.

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Pearson

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Bragan, Co. Monaghan