School: Teampull Dubhglaise (roll number 6968)
- Location:
- Drumbologe, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán C. Ó Dómhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1083, Page 126
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“On Mayeve if you pull a piece of yarrow and say the following verse and put the yarrow under your pillow that night, you will dream of your future wife or husband.”
On Mayeve if you pull a piece of yarrow and say the following verse and put the yarrow under your pillow that night, you will dream of your future wife or husband. Verse:- Good morrow, Good morrow, fair yarrow,
Thrice Goodmorrow to thee,
I hope before this time tomorrow
Thou will show my truelove to me.If you pull a piece of ivy and say the following verse, the first man you meet will bear the name of your husband. Verse:- Ivy, Ivy, I pull thee,
The first young man who speaks to me
Shall bear my truelove's name.
- Collector
- Jane Mc Daid
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Daid
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 69
- Address
- Tullychullion, Co. Donegal
- Once upon a time there was a woman washing potatoes in her house. The ruins of the house are still to be seen in Tullyhullion.
The woman, being in a hurry,(continues on next page)
