School: Urbal (roll number 13874)
- Location:
- Urbal, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Gerald Kelliher
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 482
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- (continued from previous page)He was no Jew,
For he ate swine,
He was no Turk,
For he drank wine,
For fifty years,
He lived and lied,
For which God damned him,
When he died.
Poor Scholar's Saying
Devil Double-damn Dean Dobbins
Dobbins was a tyrant - a presbyterian or protestant minister.
- 1. If any animal on your farm shows an impediment or "freak of nature", you may be on the watch for misfortune.2. Long ago, if a person were throwing out water at night, he'd say " Luga luga, uisce salach", with the belieft that there might be "good people" on the street.3. If a rabbit or a hare cross your path on the road when you are going a journey, you may expect il-luck.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Gearóid Ó Céileachair
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Informant
- Francis Early
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Eden, Co. Leitrim
