School: Cill Bhriotáin (B.) (roll number 14116)

Location:
Kilbrittain, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Ml. Ó Riagáin
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  1. It is not right to comb a babies hair until he is one year old.
    It is not lucky to show a mirror to a baby.
    It is not right to spill salt.
    It is not lucky to take up the handle of a brush to strike anyone with it.
    It is not right to go to a wake alone at night.
    It is not right to visit a sick person on a Friday or a Monday.
    It is not lucky to remove on a Friday.
    It is not lucky to paint a babies cradle.
    It is not lucky to have a wedding and a corpse meet at the same time in a church.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Griffin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilbrittain, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs Ellen Griffin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilbrittain, Co. Cork