School: Cill Bhriotáin (C.) (roll number 11728)
- Location:
- Kilbrittain, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Cáit de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0313, Page 304
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“Sick persons should not be visited on Monday or Friday.”
Sick persons should not be visited on
Monday or Friday
Persons whose clothes caught fire were
considered unlucky
It was considered unlucky to look in a
Mirror at night time
It is not right to whistle at night
A spinning wheel should not be taken in a boat.
No reference should be made to a dog
While fishing is in progress as the
Fishermen claim it would bring ill-luck
- Collector
- Patrick Keohane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Barleyfield, Co. Cork
- Informant
- James Keohane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Barleyfield, Co. Cork
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“About one hundred years ago there lived in the parish of Kinsale a poor baker.”
About one hundred years ago there lived
In the parish of Kinsale a poor baker
One day while he was engaged at his work
a man ran into his bakery crying “Save me,
Save me, I am a priest my pursuers are very
near me”. At once the baker said “Jump into
the flour bin and I will cover you with flour”
The priest did so. Shortly after five men
Came running into the bakery and searched(continues on next page)