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School: Carrigaline, Ráth Mhór

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Carrigaline, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Mhic Conchoille
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    1. You should not count the nails of your shoe
    2. You should not count teeth of a comb because you will have bad luck.
    3. If you break a mirror you will have seven years bad luck.
    4. It is not right to throw out feet water on Christmas night because you would drown the good people
    5. On little Xmas day you should not use any of the water that was in over-night because it is changed into wine. If you drank it you would be changed into a goat
    6. If you go into a house where the people are churning you should strike the staff a few times.
    "Put the size of your head in it"
    No man should light his pipe nor take a coal from the fire when churning was going on.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáit Ní Chearbhaill
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrigaline, Co. Cork