School: Knockaderry (C.) (roll number 2419)
- Location:
- Knockaderry, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Hanna Mannix
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 220
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- Ancient Popular Beliefs and CustomsThey say that it is not lucky to open a grave on a Monday.
And the woman, who would bury her first child, is supposed not to go in the funeral.
And if a cow would die in the olden times, the owner would put the bones of the cow up on the cow-house wall.
And they say "every night when you are going to bed, not to leave the chairs around the fire; and more people say that you should leave the chairs around the fire.
And they say, that if you were out, and the whirl wind came on in the Month of May, you should throw something with it, but more say, that you should not throw anything with it, because souls are in it.
Long ago, they used to(continues on next page)
