School: Dromlogach Mainistir na Féile (roll number 10908)
- Location:
- Dromlegagh, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eighneachán Ó Muircheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407, Page 471
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- Conncubhar O Caóimh buachaill ins an 5[?] Ranng a thug chugham iad so banar, fua[?] sé ó na mháthair. 7 ó n'athair íad. Ta sé is bliadhne [?], táim á mbpeacadh. Síor dínear mar thug sé chugham íad.1 Not to lie on the grass May Day.
2. Not to give away milk May Day
3 You should shake Holy Water on the cows May Night
4 You should not pick herbs May Day
5 If you met a foxy girl on the road you should turn home
6 Any one should not leave the house without water by night (have water in the house)
7 You should never pick fairy thimble
8 If you put a horse-shoe up on a tree you would get something lost afterwards
9. The first old woman to have a bucket of water home from the well May Morning (fortunate for year)
10 A whistling woman and a crowing hen should not be left in the house together
11 Any house there's a black cat in the devil is there
12 If you met a man with a white horse on the road he could cure the chin-cough
13 To make the sign of the Cross on the cows' hips with cow-dung May Eve
14 Not to give away milk to any person May Eve without putting salt in it
15 Any one should not carry out a coal of fire May Day
16 If you were going any place by night if two cock(continues on next page)
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- Conncubhar O Caoímh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
