School: Gurteen, Ballymahon
- Location:
- Gorteenclareen, Co. Longford
- Teacher: F. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0751, Page 154
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- (continued from previous page)used to burn a piece of stick and put the sign of the cross on each hatching egg and then sprinkled them three times with holy water. It is said to be unlucky to give back a borrowed clucker.
- In years gone by the people believed in the Banshee crying after old Irish families such as the O'Sheas Mulvihill, Malones, Reillys, Tooles Farrells and Feeneys.
She was heard crying from dusk until day-break by the edge of a river. Some years ago a party of women would go to the wake for the purpose of crying. Each(continues on next page) - Collector
- James Coughlan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Daroge, Co. Longford
