1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Sraith Mór

School: Sraith Mór (roll number 15941)

Location:
Srahmore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd Bean Mhic Ultaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0087, Page 135

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0087, Page 135

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Sraith Mór
  2. XML Page 135
  3. XML “Pisreoga”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Pisreoga (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    14. It is not lucky to get a present of a beads or anything holy , or anything pointed like a pin, or anything with an edge, like a knife, or a handkerchief.
    15. Don't wear new things to a funeral first.
    If you get anything new, fit it on yourself first. If you let anybody else fit it on before you, they will have the luck.
    Its not right for a woman to say, "Well wear" first.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brighid Bean Mhic Ultaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Múinteoir
    Address
    Newport, Co. Mayo