School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ros Ó gCairbre (roll number 14813)
- Location:
- Ross Carbery, Co. Cork
- Teacher: An tSr. Áilbe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0308, Page 137
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- Mairghréad De Thóibín Scoil an Clocair Ros Ó gCáirbhre
Some old beliefs and customs
It is unlucky to spill salt, to meet a person on the stairs, or to have a funeral and a wedding together.
If a person digs a grave on Monday he will be digging them all the week.
If a person breaks a mirror he will have seven years misfortune.
If milk is given away on May morning it will take away the luck from the house.
If a person brings anything to a wake the same person should return it.
When a person dies the clock is always stopped until the person is buried.
The chains that the coffin rests on are knocked on the floor and left there until the corpse is buried.
A person should never go for a shroud alone.
It is said that if a person falls in a graveyard he will be the next to die.
At a wake five candles are placed at the foot of the corpse and one is extinguished.
According as a wedding ring wears away the troubles of the world wears off a person.
A wedding or a funeral never goes back the(continues on next page)
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- Mairghéad De Thóibín
- Gender
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