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School: Clochar

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Clogher, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
M. Ó Gealbháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095, Page 158

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    therefrom the remainder of the onions "will go against you" and till you change the seed you'll have no luck with your onions an ymore. Potato onions are the kind in question here. This belief seems to obtain all Ireland, at least among the Celts. Not believing this myself I sought to test this belief. One evening in the month of June some years ago I entered a garden of beautiful onions belonging to a neighbour, and pulled up a few and brought them away. I watched the progress of that crop afterwards. A finer crop of onions or one more easily saved my good neighbour had not for years as he had that year.
    Afterwards I told a man whose faith in the belief was unshakable. But he explained that I didn't steal the onions and had no evil intention
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Micheál Ó Gealbháin
    Gender
    Male