School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)
- Location:
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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- (continued from previous page)get money if it is his left eye he will be crying, if it is his right eye he will be laughing, and if it is his throat he will be drinking.
10. Twelve candles are lit on the twelfth night and there are named after twelve members of the family. It is believed that the candle that quenches first is a sign that the person it is named for will die first.
11. People do not give away milk after a young cows first calf until they churn three times fearing all the butter would be brought from them.
12. If a bride puts on her left(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary B. Mannion
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Bridget Tierney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Killeenmunterlane South, Co. Galway
