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 150
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- It is an old saying "if you pull a stalk of corn out of the stack on Hallowe'en night, the number of grains will represent the age of your man.
It is also an old saying that on Christmas night to pull a leaf of holly, then count how many "jags" are on the holly leaf that will be the number of years until you are married.
- Collector
- Rose Agnes Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Fahykeen, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Willie Kennedy
- Gender
- Male
- (continued from previous page)The colour of his hair,
The clothes he does wear,
And the words he does say,
When he comes to court me.
When pulling that yarrow you should say those words, and sleep on it that night.
