School: Loch Coiteáin (roll number 10049)

Location:
Dromickbane, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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  1. Old Customs and Pishogues

    Old shoes are thrown after a new-married couple for luck...

    Old shoes are thrown after a new-married couple for luck, for luck, either when they are leaving the church or going on their honey-moon.
    If you went to see a new-born baby, you should spit on it for luck. You should also give it a bit of silver.
    A mother is never left alone, till the baby is baptised.
    Relatives of the dead person - and namesakes of his, always remove a corpse from the house, from the church, and into the grave-yard.
    No relative should ever dig a grave.
    The screws of a coffin are unscrewed when a coffin is lowered into the grave (Only in Kerry)
    By stealing a coal of fire- on May-day the produce of the butter of that house goes to the stealer.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
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