School: Baile an Daingin (B) (roll number 1676)
- Location:
- Ballindine, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Séamus P. Ó Gríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0096, Page 672
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- (continued from previous page)People used to call it the “ducking night” also.
They used to get four saucers. In the first they used to put clay, in the second water, in the third a beads, and in the fourth a ring. Then a cloth was put across some one’s eyes. They would believe that if he put his hand in the clay he would be the first to die. If he put his hand on the ring he would be the first to be married. They would believe that if he put his hand on the water he would go across the water.
They would believe that if he put his hand on the beads he would be a priest. It was an old custom to get a looking glass and back out the door with your back to the moon. If that person saw one moon in the glass he would be married the next year. If he saw two moons in the glass it would be two years before he would be married, and if he saw three moons it would be three years before he would be married.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- William Heneghan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coolcon, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Thomas Heneghan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Coolcon, Co. Mayo
