School: Raharney (B.)
- Location:
- Raharney, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Ó Conmhidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0727, Page 148
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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. - A " sooner " applied to a cat or dog dirty in the house
Broke, " trig " - applied to putting foot too far over mark when jumping.
" Sit yis merry, " Still said by old people when entering a house. Probably the remains of, " Dia is Muire ". - A cross is put on the shells when setting and a piece of iron is put under the box to prevent noise A handful of salt is thrown over them for good luck.
- Long ago when people cut their hair, They put it in an old wall or under a stone, as they believed it was necessary to have all their hair(continues on next page)
