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School: Inis (B.) (roll number 15042)

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Ennis, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Seoirse Ó Maoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0609, Page 420

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    People say it is not right to buy anything on New Year's day, because you would be buying for the year. If you dig the clay on New Year's day to bury a person, you would be burying for the year.
    If you see a red-haired woman early in the morning it is the sign of bad luck.
    It is not right to go to a spring well after the sun-set.
    It is not right to go into the fields in May, because they say the fairies would take you.
    It is not right to build a house in a fort, because the fairies would take you.
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    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
    John Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumbiggil, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Fitzgerald
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumbiggil, Co. Clare