School: Balrath (1) (roll number 9770)
- Location:
- Balrath, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: C. Ní Pharthaláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0719, Page 313
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- (continued from previous page)piece of the paper not burned they used to say they would get a letter.
If anyone got a pet pig they would tie a red ribbon on its neck in case anyone would overlook him and he would die.
If a corpse was overboard everyone that goes to the wake puts his hand on the corpse the way they would not dream of them.
If a person got a tooth in a graveyard and rub it to their jaw they would never had a toothache, or if they put a nail of a horse's show in the tail of their coat or apron they would never have a toothache.
If you gave anything sharp to a friend it would cause a row between you and them.
If a grave falls in when anyone is being buried it is a sign that someone belonging to that person will soon die.
- Collector
- Mary Gillooley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carlanstown, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Mrs Mulligan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carlanstown, Co. Westmeath
