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School: Séipéal na Carraige (roll number 5478)

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Rockchapel, Co. Cork
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Donncha Ó Géibheannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0351, Page 151

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    Holy water should always be sprinkled when kindling the fire.
    Watch the cows May morning that no stranger milks them, lest they carry the return of the year.
    If you meet a foxy woman when going to the fair turn home.
    To have luck for the year in the house, a dark-haired man should cross the threshold first on New Year's morning.
    A goat should always be kept with the cows.
    Looking up the chimney is washing the Devil's shirt.
    You should never burn a deck of cards.
    Always close the door when a funeral is passing.
    Never pass out a funeral on the road.
    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
    Maggie Stack
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Catherine Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockahorrea East, Co. Cork