School: Béal an Átha Móir (B.)
- Location:
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Ó Heslin
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- (continued from previous page)supposed to point to one of the saucers. If he or she points to the woman with the ring on it, he or she will be married first. If the person points to the saucer with the water on it, that person will go across the water. The person who points to the saucer with the clay on it will die first.it is said that if on the night you throw the cat out of the house and that on the next morning she comes in dry cattle will be cheap the next year, but if she comes in wet cattle will be dear.If you dance round a hay-rick on Hallow Eve night you will see the face of your future husband or wife.
If you throw the yolk of an egg into a bucket of water on that night you will see the face of your future husband or wife.It is not right to be out late that night or go on a wide stretch of land or on a moor because it is said(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Hugh Reynolds
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
