School: N. Seosamh, Cill Lasrach (roll number 16289)

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1. Superstitious Beliefs (continued)

   

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   3 The "Cinn-gire" of Billy Brennan's house, Cloonagh was built on an old fairy passage. All her cows were sick and dying and the voice told her that when she'd stop throwing out the dry ashes and shift the gable the luck would change. 4 There is a woman named Mrs. Nolan in Carricanada who can stop a death by making some charm but a cow or some other animal will die. 5. If you throw a roll of butter across the house May Day the luck will be on you. 6 You should leave a bit of unsalted butter on the wall to keep your luck with butter. 7 Put salt on the lid of the churn before you churn or the fairies will take the butter. 8 There is always a spot to be found on an ass's leg. This is supposed to be

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)
   2. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Collector

   Joseph P. Caron

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Mrs Anthony Gavagan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   62

   Address

   Cloonfinish, Co. Mayo