School: Connach, Inis Céin (roll number 10557)
- Location:
- Connagh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire Ní Ghealbháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0306, Page 275
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- (continued from previous page)house for any thing when going on a journey.
14 It is unlucky to give a scissors as a present as it cuts friendship, The person who gets the scissors should give a coin in order to break the spell.
15 It is unlucky to give a pin to anybody without sticking it in wood.
16 It is unlucky to wear green.
- There was once a boy who worked very hard for his master. When the first year was out the master said your year is gone but he gave him nothing. The same thing happenned and in the end of the third year he gave him three farthings. He went away and he met a lupreachán who asked him for the money. The man gave him the money and got a fiddle a gun(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Cruadhlaoich
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 10
- Address
- Connagh, Co. Cork
