School: Creatlach (B.)
- Location:
- Cratloe, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Seán Breathnach
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- (continued from previous page)In his mouth, the cure for this is to send for a person who was born after his fathers death, that person would come fasting and breath in the mouth of that person, then he would be cured.
It is considered unlucky to remove stones out of a church-yard or round a holy well or fort,
On May Eve long ago people used to stay up all night in order to get first to the well.
They believe that whoever gets first to the well will have all the luck for that year.
People say it is unlucky to turn back I’d you were going on a journey.
Even as late as last year we had an example of this.
A little boy was going on a journey and he turned back for something that he had(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Healy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Ballyliddan West, Co. Clare
