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

Location:
Killorglin, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Úna Nic Choluim
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0435, Page 155

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    did not sew the clothes, the deceased would appear again and again until the clothes would b mended
    202 Meeting a dead person on the road would mean that that person would want to take you to the next world with him.
    203 If a fork fell on the floor, a gentleman is sure to come in the door; and if a knife fell a lady.
    204 Seeing a full moon through glass is unlucky.
    205 Coming home from a wake is not right
    206 If you gave away anything on May Day you would give away your luck.
    207 If a person broke a mirror he or she would have seven years bad luck.
    208 Long ago it was believed that if a person cut his or her hair on Monday, it would never grow again
    209 If two persons died on the same day and if one funeral was after the other, the second corpse
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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
    Síle Ní Fhoghludha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killorglin, Co. Kerry