School: Sraithín (roll number 12808)

Location:
Sraheen, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Croidhean
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    It is said that if you bring a pipe out of a corpse house you are bringing the death to your own house.
    It is said that if you hear the bean sidhe you will hear of a death.
    If a robin comes into a house it is said some one will leave.
    It is said that if a swallow comes into a house it is the sigh of bad luck.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. 8/12/38
    It is said that if you say you will go in a place and to die before you have time to go, you will go after your death.
    It is said that if a man is not shaved before hie is buried he will not go to heaven.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Brogan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Stonehall, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Annie Clarke
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Occupation
    Farmer's wife
    Address
    Foxford, Co. Mayo