School: Leachtbhruadair (Loughfooder) (roll number 14366)
- Location:
- Lackbrooder, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0450, Page 182
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- Children were warned by their parents that warts or scabs would come on their hands if they robbed birds' nests.
- If a person, whom bad luck followed, put eggs, laid by domestic fowl, under another person's hay it was believed the latter would thenceforth suffer from the misfortune which the former passed on to him.
Usually the eggs are placed under the tops of hay-cocks, in the meadows.
The practice was fairly common long ago but now it is practised and believed in by only very few.
The fact the some person intended to get rid of his ill-luck by passing it on to themselves - if he could- caused people great anxiety. - Transcription guide » You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Mícheál P. Ó Murchadha
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Knocknagashel, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- John Griffin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Knocknagashel, Co. Kerry
