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School: Cloonty

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Cloonty, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Michael Mac Gowan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0190, Page 215

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    Funeral Customs. In the local graveyard (Keelogues) all graves are facing the rising sun. In other words the feet of the deceased are placed towards the east. This seems to be a custom religiously carried out here and handed down from old times.
    First lamb. If the first lamb a person sees in spring is facing towards the person it is a sign that person will have good luck for the coming year.
    Classical phrase. "It would puzzle Harry Stottle." said of a difficult problem arising about household or farm work. It refers probably to Aristotle.
    A widower is not supposed to get married again at least twelve months after his wife dies.
    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
    Michael Mac Gowan
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Teacher