School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Tralee (roll number 16871)

Location:
Tralee, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Bríd
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  1. 1. April, May keep out of the Sea
    June and July swim till you will die.
    2. Any person who marries in May will be unlucky, and death will follow. It is unlucky to marry on Monday and Friday.
    3. If a glove falls from a person it is not unlucky to pick it up. Leave it there till some one hands it to you and then you will be introduced to a stranger.
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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
    Informant
    M. O Carroll
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Killierisk, Co. Kerry