School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)
- Location:
- Baile an Doirín, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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- (continued from previous page)23. If a person bites his nails it is a sign that he is bad minded.
24. If swallows do not return to their nests in the eave of a house it is a sign that some misfortune will fall on that family.
25. When churning put a live coal under the churn to keep the butter from whose who wish to use charms or spells in connection with milk or butter.
26. A man is not allowed to light his pipe in a house or take away a "live" coal on May Day.- Collector
- Mary Kealy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr Michael Kealy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Cill Cholgáin, Co. na Gaillimhe