School: Clais na nGearrán (roll number 2979)
- Location:
- Clashnagarrane, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Conchubhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0453, Page 331
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- (continued from previous page)in and out it is said that he is washing the devils short.
It is not right to convey a person across a graveyard at night and return the same way again. If you meet a red-haired woman on the road on a fair morning it is said that you will have bad luck for the day.
If you cross a person you must cross him back again or he will grow no more. When the first daughter is marrying the mother does not go to the church.
When there is any person dead in a house the clock is stopped. People say it is bad luck to strike an animal with a whitethorn or alder sticks(continues on next page)
