School: Sean Bhaile Árd (roll number 14663)
- Location:
- Shanballard, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0083, Page 334
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- (continued from previous page)If any person or animal is born on Pentecost Sunday it is said that they will have some fault or drawback and this belief is so firmly rooted in the minds of the people that animals born on this day are either sold or destroyed.It is unlucky to go into water on Whit Sunday and it is believed that a person who does would get drowned.It is unlucky to put out ashes on May Day.It is unlucky to kill a rambling cat or dog.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Arabella Melody
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clooncah, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Benny Kitt
- Address
- Shanballard, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Emily Power
- Address
- Shanballard, Co. Galway
- Collector
- John Kenny
- Address
- Woodlawn, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Michael Hurley
- Address
- Clooncah, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Teresa Dolan
- Address
- Derrynamanagh, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Kenny
- Address
- Woodlawn, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Power
- Address
- Shanballard, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Brigid Ward
- Address
- Derrynamanagh, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Margaret Kitt
- Address
- Shanballard, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Margaret Melody
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clooncah, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Peter Hurley
- Address
- Clooncah, Co. Galway
