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School: Ceathrú (Carton) (roll number 15339)

Location:
Cartron, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Floinn
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    the person is being coffined.
    No 7. Before a person is coffined all the members of the family should leave there hand on it.
    No 8. An uneven number of children in a family will betray their parents.
    No 9. If ever a women is going but of the house and leaving her child in the cradle behind her she should place the tong's across the cradle for fear fairies might take the infant as it said they take away little infants.
    No 10. After a cow calving she should on the back under her belly with a coal or a match.
    No 11. When a coffin is brought to a house the lid should
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lucy Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Stuck, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Cassels
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Leitrim Upper, Co. Leitrim