School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Tralee (roll number 16871)
- Location:
- Tralee, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: An tSr. Bríd
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0439, Page 177
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- (1) Fishermen consider it a bad omen to meet a red-haired person more especially if that person is a woman. Fisherfolk go a long distance out of their ordinary course in order to avoid them. If however, they chanced to meet those red people they simply pass them without looking at them or saluting.
(2) Red-haired people (women especially) are much sought after by the fairies. The women to act for them as nurses or foster-mothers at the rath.
(3) It is unlucky to marry a red-haired woman. She is a constant pray of the fairies.
(4) "The red-thing does harm" is a translation of the Irish adage"Deineann an rud ruadh diogbháil"which is in very common use among the seaboard people.
(5) When fishers are going out to sea the blessing the people give them is "Fillead an(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mícheál Ó Mainín
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloon More, Co. Kerry
