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School: Móta Ghráinne Óige

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Woodlawn, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Eibhlís Ní Innse
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0045, Page 0191

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    coffin out of a house & the same four are the first to carry it out of the Church next day at the funeral.
    It is customary to take three steps, at least, with a funeral before going against it.
    --
    If you look into a mirror at night you will see the devil peeping over your shoulder at you into the glass.
    --
    A girl once thought that she would like to find out who her husband would be so on November Eve she sat before a mirror & began to eat an apple in the name of the Devil. The Devil appeared behind her & she got so frightened that she went off her head.
    This story is probably the origin of the above-mentioned superstition.
    --
    If you are card-playing on Nov. Night & are losing & want to win, go out into the garden & go under a briar in the name of the Devil & when you come in you will win all on the table, but it is sure to go bad.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Innse
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Múinteoir