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School: Muine an Mheadha

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Monivea, Co. Galway
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Pádraic S. Ó hÓbáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 053

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    their eye to put a fasting spit on it it is said it would cure it. It was an old custom if anyone had a cold to sniff some salt or pepper.
    It is said that there was a family living around Monivea long ago and any time one of them would die the bean shee would keep crying for a week and the reason of that is that the bean shee is one who is buried without being Babtised and she is a friend.
    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
    Anne Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Collector
    Delia Moran
    Gender
    Female
    Collector
    Kathleen Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Noone
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Monivea Demesne, Co. Galway