School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)
- Location:
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: D. Ó Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0864, Page 237
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- In the olden times when a funeral was passing a rath holy water was sprinkled on both sides of the road for a hundred yards past the rath. It is said that if that was not done the fairies would steal the persons soul.
When a knife falls to the ground a man is coming to the house. When a fork falls on the floor a woman is leaving the house and when a spoon falls it means a death or a birth in your neighbour's house.
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- Collector
- C. Owens
- Gender
- Unknown
- Address
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Christy Owens
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
