School: Carraigíní (Carrigans)

Location:
Carrigans, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire E. Ní Stiopháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1108, Page 78

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    and in the windowsills.
    This is to welcome the good fairies so that there will be good luck round the year.
    You must be careful that no one comes to skims your well in may morning If anyone comes and takes water out of your well that morning there will be no good luck for you that year. There will be no cream on the milk.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. May (~639)
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