School: Leac Dhearg (Lickerrig)

Location:
Lickerrig, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Dubhda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0034, Page 0067

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0034, Page 0067

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    If a weasel crosses the road it is considered very lucky.
    People consider it hard to churn if the churn was left under a rafter.
    If a man came into the house while churning and he not to bring a coal it is said that he would bring the butter.
    Long ago people believed that if a person came into the house while in the act of churning that that person would surely take the butter from the milk.
    A wet and windy May
    Fills the haggard with corn and hay.
    If the fear á tighe dies sell the horse
    The clock is stopped immediately when a person dies in a house.
    When setting a hen an egg is broken for luck
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
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