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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 211

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  1. Old Customs on Certain Feasts (continued)

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    They would soon get a letter from their husbands.
    The way the wind is blowing on November Day, that is the way it will be blowing for half the year.
    On November Night young girls stole cabbage out of a neighbour's garden. If the stem was long and straight, they would have a long straight man, if short and stumpy they would have a short and stumpy man, if the cabbage was very open and the leaves loose they would get a spend-thrift for a husband. The girls had to close their eyes when going into the garden.
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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