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  1. Beliefs and Customs

    CBÉ 0407

    Person who receives dead man's clothes must wear them to Mass following Sunday. "How can I go to Mass when they didn't give me the clothes". "They gave me the clothes, but they didn't give me the boots [B'éigin dó féin peidhre 'thabhg't dó].
    When any member of the family is going away salt is concealed in some part of his garments. [Do mheasas féin go raibh an phollóg agam, uair].
    An bhean bhíonn ag iomchar leinbh ní théigheann sí isteach sa roilig le linn socraide ná aon uair eile go dtí go mbíonn sí "go maith" airis.
    Cam-roilige - geilltear dí, fós.
    To have luck at cards carry a fine comb ("a bloody comb") in your pocket or go under a briar both ends of which are ag fás in the ground.
    If you go astray turn coat inside out.
  2. Song - Carrig River

    CBÉ 0220

    I
    As I roamed out one evening in the pleasant month of May,
    It was down by Carrig River I carelessly did stray,
    When the hawthorn and sweet briar it would your heart illume,
    And the rippling of the waters when the "frockuns" were in bloom.
    II
    I often times in vain regret the things I might have seen.
    I've seen the past but can't forget the things that might have been,
    As I strolled along the small brids song went rippling through the sky,
    O'er the lonely church of Carrig hill where '98 men lie.
    III
    I often times go view the graves where my school mates do lie,
    We often joined in harmless sport in the day that's long gone by.