School: Killorglin (C.) (roll number 12833)

Location:
Killorglin, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Úna Nic Choluim
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  1. (94) If there is a sop hanging to a hen's tail it is the sign of a funeral.
    (95) If you gave away anything on May morning you would give away your luck.
    (96) If you hadn't clean water in the house for the night you would be made go out for it.
    (97) If there was a star in the wick of when you would light it, it would be a sign that a letter would come across the sea to you
    (98) If you cut your leg with an iron you should burn the iron in the fire or if you didn't the leg would not get better.
    (99) If you did not wash the cups before you went to bed you would have bad luck
    (100) If you burned a piece of paper and if it did not all burn, it is a sign of a letter coming across the sea to you.
    (101) If you build a house on an old path
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Chlubháin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knocknaboola, Co. Kerry