Volume: CBÉ 0407 (Part 1)

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   "Tickling trout" is an illegal process by which the fish are removed by the hand from underneath the bank of the river. The "tickler" often catches a rat.
   Pearl fishing in the Doirín was once a lucrative occupation. The shells are removed from the bed of the river with a cleft-stick. They are afterwards opened and examined at leisure. A good pearl may be worth 7/6.
   Minows are known as pincín's
   The sun dances in the well on Easter Sunday morning.
   If you go astray at night turn your coat inside-out.
   Strong hair on back of neck augers numerous progeny.
   First son called after paternal grandfather.
   First daughter called after maternal grandmother.
   In former years grandchildren went to their god parents for their "Easter's eggs". My grandfather walked to Dublin for his. His godfather, a rich city merchant, compelled the garsún to walk all the road home as a punishment for having left home without permission. The journey being over 50 miles each way. On his return "he had no boot to his foot".
   Cure for warts, water from a "bullawn" stone or from the smith's trough.
   When you "lose" a tooth, throw it over left shoulder in name of the F. Son &H. Ghost.
   When you get your hair cut, collect the hair and place it in a hole in the hole as you will have to come back

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