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School: Más an Easa (C.) (roll number 14776)

Location:
Masiness, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire Ní Cholchuin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1075, Page 302

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  1. Old Industries (continued)

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    took a spale and the man of the house lit them with a piece of paper as there were no matches and this is how they got light.
    Mary Trearty
    This was told to me by Cormac Trearty, 50 years old.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Graveyards

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    Grave yards
    There are many graveyards in this district. There is one situated in front of our house and it was a very big one.. My grandfather dug it away, there are no tombstones or crosses to be seen now. Kilmacloo got its name from this graveyard which means "The Church of the son of Louis". There is no chapel or church to be seen because in the olden days there were no chapels or churches and there was a graveyard in every town land.
    Mary Trearty, Kilmacloo
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  3. Old Superstition

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    Old Superstition
    If the tongs fall into the fire there is someone to come before night.
    If you let the salt fall you will have bad luck.
    If you are going to mass or any place and you are late, if a hen crosses the road in front of you, you will be in time.
    If you meet a red haired woman you will have bad luck.
    Mary Trearty, Kilmacloo
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Trearty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmackilloo, Co. Donegal