School: Loughglinn (C.)

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1. Local Customs (continued)

   

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   water indoors until sun-rise lest evil spirits would approach him. When matches were very little used a man who smoked usually brought a coal of fire to the spot where he worked, for the purpose of lighting his pipe. He placed a fresh sod of turf on the fire lest he should banish good luck from the house. It was also customary for a person who entered a house where a churning was going on, to take the churn-dash for a few minutes lest he should take the butter away. On May Eve it was customary to remove the bands off the spinning wheel and the perin as people believed the "Good People" worked the wheel during

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Callaghan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Loughglinn, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Bob King

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Figh, Co. Roscommon