School: Lurganboyce (roll number 14224)
- Location:
- Lurganboy, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Antoine Ó Cairbre
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1088, Page 029
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- (continued from previous page)incumbent upon them to take something "for luck" into the new residence. In the absence of something of value I have seen poor visitors bring an armful of turf into the house on the occasion of their first visit. In the townland of Legland near this school, Friday and Saturday are regarded as unlucky days to begin any work and down to the present day no farmer in that townland will commence the ploughing on those days. Wednesday Friday Saturday and Monday are considered as unlucky days for marriage and I notice that all marriages in this Parish take place on Tuesday and Thursday. No old person in this district will allow a live coal to be taken outside from the fire in the house lest perhaps the person taking the coal might also take the butter from the next churning. When blessing themselves with blessed water many old people here are most careful to dip the second finger of the right hand in the blessed water. They say it is not right or lucky to dip the index finger into the blessed water. Corpses are carried to the Graveyard and a detour is made in many cases to comply with an old time custom. It is considered most unlucky to change the route on the occasion of a funeral and in many cases corpses are conveyed over rough uneven ground just because(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Anthony Carbery
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
