1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Teampall Mhuire

School: Teampall Mhuire

Location:
Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 016

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 016

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Teampall Mhuire
  2. XML Page 016
  3. XML “November's Night”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. November's Night (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    the roof and all the children try to get a bit without putting a hand on it.
    Three saucers are put on the table, clay on one, a ring on the other and water on the other. A cloth is put over someone's head and he goes to the table. If she puts her hand on the water she will cross cross the sea, if she leaves her hand on the clay she will die that year, and if she leaves her hand on the ring she will get married soon afterwards.
    If you go to a well separating two parishes at twelve oclock and to throw a ball of thread down in the well. Do not forget to hold
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Lynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Annie Lynn
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo