School: Moher
- Location:
- Moher, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: J. Wilson
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0969, Page 212
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“My mother told me some old customs.”
My mother told me some old customs. They were practiced when she was young. It was considered unlucky if a magpie bird passed you on the road and two would be for joy.
If a cock crows in the night it is a sign of a death in the family.
it is an old custom if you start working on a Saturday such as ploughing or to churn from one house to another you will not stay in it long. "Saturday's flit is a short sit. It is said March borrowed three days from April to skin the old cow. It is an old custom to set potatoes when you come home from a sermon on a good - Friday you would have a good crop. If onions are stolen they will never grow again. If turkeys are stolen by a fox or a dog you will have no luck with them after.
- Collector
- Phonsie Brady
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Money, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs Brady
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Money, Co. Cavan