School: Scoil Sheosaimh Ntha (Cailíní)

Location:
Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Úna, Bean Uí Threasaigh
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    18. To wash your face with dew on Easter Sunday morning before the sun rises you will never get sun burned again.
    19. To buy anything in iron or metal with marriage money is good luck.
    20. It is not right to let a marriage ring fall on the floor before it is put on the brands finger.
    21. To meet a black cat is lucky.
    22. It is not right to let a person in one door and out the other because it brings all your luck away.
    23. Bring the coffin out the front door and bring the feet of the corpse out first.
    24. Put the corpse overboard facing the sun.
    25. Put the corpse in the grave facing the sun.
    26. If a few dies in a family walk over the grave three times and to break the spell.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    2. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Moore
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Martin Moore
    Gender
    Male