School: Tamhnach, Inis
- Location:
- Toonagh, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Proinnsias Gordún
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- People say it is luky to go into a new house on a Friday. It is lucky to pelt a sod of turf in before you yourself go in. You should never go into a new house without bringing some present. You should always get a mass said when you go to live in a new house if you possibly could. You should build a house big enough the way the fairies would not hit against anything when they would come in. You should always be careful when building a new house that you would not build it down on an old fort or cobhall. You should always have the door facing the sun.
- There used to be horse-racing in Curra when Faircloth(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Fitzgibbon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballygriffy South, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Daniel Fitzgibbon
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Ballygriffy South, Co. Clare