School: Clochar Lughaidh, Coillte Mághach
- Location:
- Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 177
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To dream of my true-love whom I wish to see,
And in his old clothes I wish him to be."
If a girl looks into a mirror at 12 o'c on November's night while eating an apple, she will see there her future husband.
If a girl goes to where three baronies meet, and washes her under-garments there on November's night; then takes them home and puts them on a chair to dry before the fire; then goes to bed without saying a word, it is said that her husband-to-be will come and turn the clothes during the night, and that she will see him in her dreams.
On November's night if a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Costello
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Craggagh, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mary Maloney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Craggagh, Co. Mayo
