Scoil: Doirín na nDamh (uimhir rolla 5348)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. (gan teideal) (ar lean)

   “Some say it is very lucky to churn on May day and May day butter was supposed to cure any sore, though I heard another old woman, still living, say it was wrong to churn on May day.”

   

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   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   away the clothes for some weeks.

   One night an old woman who was staying in the house with them had a curious dream. She thought the dead man came to the door and knocked. She went down and there he was in his shirt and drawers. "Tell the little girls to send me down my clothes" said he. She said she would and then she woke. She related the dream next morning to the children, and the children took the hint, and give away the clothes.

   
   When the corpse is removed from the bed and put into the coffin, the bed must be pulled out from where it was.

   If the corpse does not stiffen it is a sign that another member of the family is to follow.

   If a person dies outside, it is considered unlucky to bring him into the house.

   It is "not right" to put the correct age on the coffin, a year younger or a year older is safer.

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

   Stair Athraigh

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Faisnéiseoir

   Mrs M. O Sullivan

   Inscne

   Baineann

   Seoladh

   An Eing Chaol, Co. Chiarraí