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School: Ballygar (C)

Location:
Ballygar, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Liatháin
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    1) If a red haired woman comes into the house when you are churning you will have bad luck.
    2)If you put sugar into the churn when you are churning you will never get any butter.
    3) It is not right to burn cards(?)
    4) You should not light the lamp at night until the last of god's light is over.
    5) It is right for a man to throw the holy water on a corpse before it leaves the house.
    6) If it is raining when you die you will go to heaven and if it is fine when you die you will go to hell.
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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
    Christina Ward
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballygar, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Ward
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballygar, Co. Galway