School: Caladh na Feirsde (roll number 13481/2)
- Location:
- Callanafersy West, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Luain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0433, Page 163
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- (continued from previous page)If you went out for water on November Night you would never be seen again.
If you took off your cap inside in a church you would have bad luck.
If a person went to a fair and you saw cinders coming out of the fire it would be a sign that the person sold the cattle.
If a person didn't take holy-water into a boat when he went fishing first in it the boat would be lost.
If a woman didn't take the sod of turf or something into a new house for the first time something would happen in it. Some person or animal would die in it.
- There was a rich man there long ago. A poor woman came to his house one day and she asked him for a piece of bread. He refused her and told her that he hadn't enough for(continues on next page)
