School: Killorglin (C.) (roll number 12833)
- Location:
- Killorglin, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Úna Nic Choluim
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0435, Page 146
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- 156. When a person dies, the person who gets the dead persons cloths should drink a cup of sour milk when receiving them.
157. When a person dies his or her relations should wear the dead persons clothes for three consecutive Sundays going to mass, otherwise they would injure the soul of the dead person.
158. When a star falls wherever it falls, a person is dead.
159 When a person dies, a hole in the wall should be made for the corpse for be put out for fear the dead person would come back through the door, or if this cannot be done it should be put out the window.
160. if a woman is married in green, she will be ashamed to be seen
161. Number three is a lucky number.
162. if a person walks over another person then the latter will not grow any more.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mína Ní Bhroin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killorglin, Co. Kerry
