School: West Waterford Branch I.N.T.O (roll number n/a)
- Location:
- Coshmore and Coshbride, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: James Cashman
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0640, Page 40
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- Doors of the house are struck with a loaf of bread on New Years eve.
People always wait up on New Years eve to see the New Year. The direction of the wind is noted. If blowing from the North the year is going to be in the Protestants' favour; if from the south the Catholics are to be favoured. If you stay up till twelve oclock you would see the man you are going to marry in a mirror.
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- Collector
- James Cashman
- Gender
- Male
- One custom which is fast dying out is the making of a cross on the left sleeve with a stick that is partly burned. The(continues on next page)
