School: Tulach Ruacháin

Location:
Tulrohaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mary Agnes Smyth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 498

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    They believed if they threw out dirt or ashes that they threw away their luck.
    If they threw out water they threw out the fairy or some mysterious person that kept the money in the house.
    The people always like to go into a new house and to commence building a house also on that day because it was thought it was the luckiest day in the week.
    The three first days of April people take extra care of themselves. They believed if an old or delicate person passed they three (lá na riabach) that they would live for another year.
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katie Caulfield
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tulrohaun, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Delaney
    Gender
    Female