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School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)

Location:
Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Sr. Ó Donnabhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 286

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  1. Feasts of the Year

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    On some of the feasts there are certain beliefs and customs. On New Years Day and Hansel Monday is is unlucky to give away money. If you give it away you will be giving it away the whole year. The first person to come into your house on New Years Day if a woman you will have bad luck and if a man you will have good luck. On May Day you should never give away milk and on the Eve of that day every one gathers flowers and shakes them round the door. On bone fires night every one brings home a coal out of the fire and throws it in their crop for a good yield. The bigger the coal the bigger the yield.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    M. Green
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Drumard (Jones), Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    William Green
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Drumard (Jones), Co. Leitrim