School: Ballymartle (roll number 7361)
- Location:
- Ballymartle, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Patrick Kelleher
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- 1. It is not right to return a candle if you got the lend of it.2. It is not lucky to remove on a Monday.3. It is unlucky to redden a grave on a Monday and a Wednesday.4. It is unlucky to take a cat with you when you are removing.5. It is unlucky to cut a bush or a tree over a holy well.6. It is not right to clip your nails on a Sunday.7. It is unlucky to take shoes off dead horses.8. It is unlucky to break a mirror because you would have seven years bad luck.9. It is unlucky to prevent a person from taking water from a well. 10. It is unlucky to return salt if you got the lend of it. 11. If an old person was making a churn they say it is unlucky to leave the house without putting a hand on it for fear you would take away the butter.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Scannell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Piercetown, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Thomas Scannell
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Piercetown, Co. Cork