School: An Fhiacail
- Location:
- Feakle, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Harrachtáin
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Common Customs and Beliefs.
3-2-1938
It is a custom:-
Not to throw out anything on New Year's Day. If you do you'll be throwing out things for the year. For no woman to visit anothers house on New Year's Day.
On Good Friday to drink your tea without milk or sugar.
On May Eve to place a branch of mountain ash or quickbeam in the garden to keep out the fairies.
To sprinkle Holy Water on the cows on May Eve to keep the butter.
A bonfire is lighted on St. John's Night, the 24th June.
A goose or cock is killed on St Martins Day and to sprinkle the blood on the four corners of the house. To gather a portion of the blood on a piece of tow and to put it on the rafter. This was supposed to keep away all illness.
If you saw two magpies before setting out on a journey it is a sign of luck. One signifies bad luck. To meet a man with a white horse is considered lucky A man with a(with 9a i) white(h) mare has a cure(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Furnacetown, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mrs J. Moloney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 43
- Address
- Furnacetown, Co. Clare
