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)ship it would be unlucky.
5. If a person has a lighted candle in his bedroom any fairy would never come near you.
6. When a person is dead in a house it is right to stop the clock.
7. One magpie seen in the morning is a sign of bad luck.
8. If a person cuts his nails on a Sunday the devil will be with him for the week.
9. It is not right to come into a house with an open umbrella.
10. If there is blue light in the fire it is a sign of bad weather.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Bridget Fordham
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Daniel Fordham
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Kilcolgan, Co. Galway