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School: Curry (C.) (roll number 12067)

Location:
Curry, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chaomháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0626

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    “It is not lucky a funeral and a marriage to meet as the bride will be unhappy.”

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    1. It is not lucky a funeral and a marriage to meet as the bride will be unhappy.
    2. If you are astray at night turn your jacket right side in and you will find your way.
    3. It's right to put a sod on the fire when you give a coal away
    4. When a child is being baptized it is not right to the anything fall.
    5. The sponsor of a child should not wear gloves during the ceremony
    6. Sponsors should buy something for a baby before a year old lest it gets a scandal.
    7. Anyone who drinks pigs milk can see the mind and they say it is red.
    8. Any man who wants to be free from tooth-ache should never shave on Sunday.
    9. Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise.
    10. It is not right to bring the head of a coffin into a corpse house first.
    11. It is not right to start any work on Saturday or it will not be finished for a month of saturdays.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bríghid Ní Éalbháird
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Curly Fleming
    Gender
    Male

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    “Any man who wants to be free from toothache should never shave on Sunday.”

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    Any man who wants to be free from toothache should never shave on Sunday.
    Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise.
    It is not right to bring the head of a coffin into a corpse house first.
    It is not right to start any work on Saturday or it will not be finished for a month of Saturdays.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit