School: Cill Mhuire (C.), Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 10395)
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Máiréad Pléimeann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0449, Page 040
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- Magpies. One for bad luck.
Two for good luck.
Three for a wedding
4 for a wake
5 for silver
6 for gold
And 7 for the story that will never be told.If a person meets a red haired woman (a foxey woman) in the morning he will be unlucky for the day. Anybody coming into the house while the churn is being made must take a greas, lest they might carry the butter. The butter sometimes refuses to be made until a certain person in the house takes a greas. When a churn is slow to make, everbody in the house at the time must take a greas.
Bags full up of bottles are sometimes left on the side of a public road away from any house.
Houses built on paths are sometimes haunted. In one room in a certain house which was built on a path men were sometimes wakened in the middle of the night and dragged to the floor. Other(continues on next page)
