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School: Ballymartle (roll number 7361)

Location:
Ballymartle, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Patrick Kelleher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0322, Page 99M

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    1. If you had anything to do with a grave you should wash your hands in salt water.
    2. It is unlucky to redden a grave on a Monday or on Friday.
    3. It is unlucky to remove on a Monday.
    4. It is unlucky to return salt.
    5. If you found tobacco or a candle on a road it is unlucky to pick it up, because the old people say, if you picked it up, someone would be dead in the house before a month.
    6. If a woman had anything to do with a plough, the old people say, it is very unlucky.
    7. The old people say, that if you found a bit of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tom Coughlan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymartle, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs Coughlan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female