School: Caisleán na hÉille (The Neale)

Location:
Neale, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Mhic Domhnaill

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Superstitions

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0103, Page 242

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A red coal is put under the churn when making a churning for fear a man would come in to light his pipe while the churning is being made and bring some of the butter when he is going.
If a person comes in to a house where a churning is being made he must help in making the churning with his two hands or there will not be any butter in the milk.
When one magpie is seen a person is supposed to have bad luck and when two magpies are seen a person is supposed to have good luck. Three magpies is a sign of birth. Four is a sign of marriage. Five is a sign that you will get money.
When a person is going on a journey and he meets a red-haired women it is supposed that he will not have any luck.

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Collector
Julia Davern
Gender
female
Informant
Mrs Peggy Davern
Relation
grandparent
Gender
female
Age
96
Address
Caherduff, Co. Mayo
Language
English