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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Lic Snámha (roll number 11849)

Location:
Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Gabriel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0410, Page 250

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    and got her hand maimed for the remainder of her life.
    In a wake house, they turn the chairs up side down, and the mirror inside out, and stop the clock. They also buy clothes and give them to some person to wear for three successive Sundays going to Mass. If this is not done the dead person comes back and demands the clothes.
    People never dig a grave on a Monday. It is unlucky. They should dig one or two sods the day before [Sunday] and finish on Monday.
    If a person finds a horse-shoe on the road, he picks it up and spits on it and turns it up side down, for luck.
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    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
    Joan O' Carroll
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Liscullane, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Dan Sheahan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    82
    Address
    Ballynageragh, Co. Kerry