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School: Páirc na nDriseóg (roll number 14294)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0083, Page 182

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    14th November 1938
    Old Customs
    It is not right to go out of the house without leaving your hand on the churn-dash when one is churning.
    When one is sending out milk to the neighbours house it is right to put three drops of water in it.
    When you bring out slat you should not bring it in again.
    On the first of May it is not right to bring out fire or ashes or to give out money.
    It is right to change into a new house on Friday.
    If you give away a clocking hen they say that the luck of the hens are gone.
    When people are washing their feet at night they do
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    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
    Brigid Fahy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dangan Oughter, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Margaret Fahy
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    46
    Address
    Dangan Oughter, Co. Galway