School: Páirc Íseal (C.) (roll number 4794)
- Location:
- Lowpark, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Sorcha Ní Dhumhnaigh
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- Eat no meat on St Stephen's Day because if you get janduice you can not be cured. The herb for jaundice is supposed to grow on Mullaghanoe Hill
- On New Years Eve, the fire is raked flat, and in the morning the man of the house scruliníghea the ashes and can see the imprint of what is to come in or out of the house that year (Birth or Death)
