School: Garrán (B.) (roll number 11274)
- Location:
- Garrane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Conchobhar Ó Drisceoil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0293, Page 234
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- 1 It isn't right to come in the front door and go out the back door it would carry the luck out of the house.
2 It is unlucky to have two meet in the stairs.
3 It is not right to go to see a sick person on Friday or Monday.
4 It is not right to kill a pig on a Monday.
5 If you met a foxy woman in the morning you would have no luck for the day.
6 It is not right to go to bed without washing the ware, and sweeping the floor.
7 It is not right to throw out the feet water in the night.
8 It is not right to kill a pig on a Monday, or in the month of May
9 It is not right to get married in May.
10 It is not right to get your nails cut on a Friday.
11 It is not right to bring in a strange cat into your house if there was a young child in the house under one year.
12 Whoever would leave out the first cup of tea should leave them all out.
13 It is unlucky to go to bed without sprinkling the house with holy water.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Elizabeth Hickey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloghdonnell, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Patrick Hickey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 49
- Address
- Cloghdonnell, Co. Cork
