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

Location:
Curry, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chaomháin
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  1. Never give out money (first) on New Year's day.
    Never split in a crowd because you split your luck.
    Never steal an onion from a neighbours while he is seasoning them because all the rest will go rotten.
    When you meet a funeral turn back and walk a few steps with it.
    Its unlucky to see a new moon for the first time through a window.
    It is right to bless yourself when you see a star falling.
    (Séamus De Mhurtaigh)
    When a person stands for a child he should buy something for that child before she is a year old or the child will be a bad scholar.
    It is not right for the mother of a dead person to go to the funeral.
    When a person is dibbling potatoes and if he leaves a piece of the ridge undibbled someone of the family will die before the year is over.
    When a couple is going out to be married
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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
    Annie Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Beasy Griffin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Kitty Leonard
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Séamus De Mhurtaigh
    Gender
    Male