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School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)

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Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
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Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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    faries would not mind you.
    7. The mother of a young child should put a thongover the cradle of the little baby for fear it would be taken away by faries
    8. If a person get a thorn on his foot on May day it is said it will never heal.
    9. You should never go a short cut if you can go by road
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Moran
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Thomas Moran
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    85
    Address
    Cartron, Co. Galway