School: Corr Odhar (roll number 14701)
- Location:
- Corrower, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Aibhistín Ó Coinnigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126, Page 394
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- (continued from previous page)began to eat it before a mirror. When he had eaten one half, he turned his back to the mirror and (eat) ate the other half. Then he faced the mirror again and it was believed that he saw the reflection of the person he was to marry, in it, instead of his own.These latter were told to n Maureen Cunney by Mary McNicholas Currower, Attymass.At midnight a person began to comb his hair, with his back to a mirror. After a little while he faced it and saw – it was believed – the person he was to marry, looking over his shoulder.The above was told to Maureen Cunney by Mrs. Cunney (aged 85), Lisaniska, Aclare, Co. Sligo.Now, every woman makes a cake, containing a ring. On November Night, it is cut in pieces and divided among the family. All the pieces are searched and the one in whose piece the ring is, will be married – it is said – before the next(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Cunney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corrower, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mary Mc Nicholas
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corrower, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Cunney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 88
- Address
- Aclare, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- William Mullaney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corrower, Co. Mayo
