School: Cooneal (roll number 6416)
- Location:
- Coonealmore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Patrick Timbin
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- Old Habits or CustomsWhen a person sneezed, the listener would say, God bless usWhen people see the new moon they bless themselvesWhen the woman of the house is going churning and a stranger to come in he should take the churn.When the woman of the house is milking the cow she puts the sign of the cross on her back when she has finished milkingWhen a person is going shaking the corn they shake holy water on it When a person yawned he would put the sign of the cross on his mouthIf a sod fell off the fire they would say a visitor would come to the houseIf a hen went through the garden with a straw on her foot they would say there would be a funeral in the districtIf the woman of the house was going churning she would put a quenched coal under the churnIf the sisers fell and the point of it to stick in the ground they would say some one was leaving the house.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Elizabeth Mc Guinness
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Thomas Mc Guinness
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathbal, Co. Mayo