School: Clochar Loreto, An Uaimh (roll number 16100)
- Location:
- Navan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Colm
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- (continued from previous page)of the remains of the dinner on Hallow Eve night for the Holy Souls. The old people believed that the Holy Souls wondered about on that day and would be hungry.
- Some people are said to have the power of the Evil Eye - that when they look at a person that some misfortune will come to this person. If a woman brought in a neighbour to look at her child, or at a calf, that person should say "God bless it" so that the woman would know that she was not overlooking it.
If a knife falls a gentleman is supposed to come to the house. If a fork falls a(continues on next page)- Collector
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