School: Ceathrú na Leac (roll number 12273)
- Location:
- Carrownaleck, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0171, Page 135
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- (continued from previous page)Tighe or Fear-a-Tighe there by marrying into the house.(The above customs numbered still exist in Carane, Carrowntubber, Carrowneagh and Corsallagh town-lands, in parish of Tobercurry, Co. Sligo)
- (a) On November Night 60 years ago young people played the following trick. They flung a ball of yarn into a lime-kiln and kept hold of the free end of the wool. Then they started to wind a new ball from that end until they felt a check on the thread. Then the player asked "Who holds my thread"? and in reply heard the name of his (or her) future life partner.(b) The player went to the barn at midnight to winnow oats, and said "who'll put oats in my riddle"? and the future husband or wife appeared and did so.(a) and (b) above were then as now, considered "bad" tricksMy grandmother - Biddy Cully - Carrowreagh Fobercurry related the following Tale(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mrs Mary Small
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carraun, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Patrick Cully
- Gender
- Male
