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School: Gort na Mara (Seafield) (roll number 11565)

Location:
Donaghintraine, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bean Uí Ghathaigh
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  1. Whit Sunday Customs

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    It is unlucky to bathe in the sea on Whit Sunday. It is believed that you will be drowned.
    If any animal is born on Whit-Sunday it will be cross. If it is born at certain unlucky hour, it will die at the same time on a Whit-Sunday also.
    It is unlucky to "clip" sheep or cut off a lamb's tail at Whitsun. It is said that a "pick" of wool will never grow while there is a hair in a man's head.
    If a person is drowned on Whit Sunday three persons from the same townland will be drowned before the year is out.

    Recorded from.
    Miss P. Munnelly
    Donaghintraine
    Dromore West
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Whitsun (~59)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Miss P. Munnelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Donaghintraine, Co. Sligo