School: An Mhágh Bheag, Droichead Banndan (roll number 11025)
- Location:
- Mawbeg East, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Nóra, Bean Uí Uallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0315, Page 024
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- 1. Long ago it was the custom if a cow calved the one that owned her should give a gallon of beastings to the one who had no cow and he should not send back the gallon empty but put salt in it.
2. A person should not sell or buy milk on May Day.
3. You should not kill anything on Monday.
4. It was a custom also to stay up the night before New Year's Day to see what way the wind was blowing.
If the wind was from the west it would be a good year on the Catholics and if it was from the east it would be a good year on the Protestants.
5. Long ago it was the custom to leave the door open on Christmas night so that the people who had no house could come in and rest.
They used put hay outside their door on Christmas night.
They put a cup and plate and food on the table and they let the Christmas candle lighting all night on Christmas night.
6. You should never redden a grave on a Monday.
7. When a person left a house he should(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teddy Mac Carthy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Murragh, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Hurley
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Murragh, Co. Cork
