School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Liostuathail (roll number 4062)
- Location:
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Teachers: Bríd Nic Oscair An tSr. Íde An tSr. Muire
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- (continued from previous page)As red as fire.
As heavy as lead.
As flat as a penny.
As blind as a bat.
As thick as grass.
As plentiful as daisies.
As white as a lily.
- Often a horse-shoe is shown in a house as a sign of good-luck. An old shoe is often thrown after a wedding-party for good luck. Another custom is the drawing of blood on St. Martin's Eve, and in most country houses, a goose is killed to carry out this practice.
- Informant
- Eileen Horgan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Long ago it was said that a woman used to appear on a wall. She used to haunt people. One day a priest came and asked(continues on next page)
