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School: Trian na gCléireach

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Treannagleragh, Co. Mayo
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Caitlín, Bean Uí Chléirigh
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  1. Old Sayings

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    Old sayings 22:11:37
    People say that if you pull a bunch of heather from under a "kesh" that the neighbours' cows are crossing you will have their butter.
    If you wash your face in the dew before sun-rise on May morning you will be good-looking for the year.
    If you pull seven bits of water-cress on November night in a mearing drain between two villages and place it under your pillow, you will dream of the man you will get married to.
    If you have boils wash them in a mearing drain before sunrise between three villages, and they will get better.
    If you are going on a journey or to a fair, and a weasel crosses the road you will have bad luck but if you meet a red-haired person you will have good luck.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Stephen Mc Nicholas
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    38
    Address
    Treannagleragh, Co. Mayo