School: Cooneal (roll number 6416)

Location:
Coonealmore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Patrick Timbin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0145, Page 124

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  1. Old Habits or Customs
    When a person sneezed, the listener would say, God bless us
    When people see the new moon they bless themselves
    When the woman of the house is going churning and a stranger to come in he should take the churn.
    When the woman of the house is milking the cow she puts the sign of the cross on her back when she has finished milking
    When a person is going shaking the corn they shake holy water on it
    When a person yawned he would put the sign of the cross on his mouth
    If a sod fell off the fire they would say a visitor would come to the house
    If a hen went through the garden with a straw on her foot they would say there would be a funeral in the district
    If the woman of the house was going churning she would put a quenched coal under the churn
    If the sisers fell and the point of it to stick in the ground they would say some one was leaving the house.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Elizabeth Mc Guinness
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Mc Guinness
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathbal, Co. Mayo