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School: Kilmacteige (B.) (roll number 15500)

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Kilmacteige, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Cuirnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0173, Page 210

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    were on the family there would be luck on the family during the year.
    On November night a man who would be marriageable would wash his shirt and hang it in front of the fire to dry. He would then go to sleep and when he would waken he would remain awake. Some time before morning, the girl who would be his wife afterwards, would come into the house and turn the shirt.
    When the spailpins would go to England long ago, their wives would be looking out for the mag and when they would see one, they would know that
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmacteige, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Margaret Donegan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Address
    Kilmacteige, Co. Sligo