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School: Carniara (roll number 15343)

Location:
Carnyara, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Gríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0172, Page 180

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    people should not go a near way.

    If you meet a funeral go three steps with it. (Trí Coiscéim na Trócaire)

    It is not right to open a grave on New Years Day.
    The parish Priest should get one pound called legacy money.
    A mother should not go to the funeral of the first of her children that dies.

    It is supposed to be unlucky to fall in a graveyard. If you fall you should not get up until someone hits you with a fist of clay.

    A corpse should not be left in the house except in the chapel.
    It is supposed to be happy for the corpse that the falls on.

    The little bits of candles got at a corpse house will cured toothache by rubbing the candles on the aching tooth
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Nora Foye
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carnyara, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr Peter Coleman
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carnyara, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs Foye
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carnyara, Co. Sligo