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School: Loughglinn (C.)

Location:
Loughglinn, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Méadhbha, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 404

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    surname carry out the corpse. If you allow a black cat into a room where there is a dead person the cat must be killed. After a death takes place in a family all the clothes in the house should be washed. Stopping the clock, and turning the chairs upside down are other old customs
    When a bride gets married the first one to kiss her will be the next to get married. After a marriage the bride does not return to her home for a month. Another custom is to throw an old shoe after her for good luck.
    Pegging cabbage at doors on Hallow Eve is a custom young folk practice. when a churning is being made coals are put around the churn so that the "Good
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Claire Crawley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Loughglinn, Co. Roscommon