School: Tinateriffe, Cappamore (roll number 7569)
- Location:
- Tinnatarriff, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Eibhlin, Bean Uí Riain
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- Cunnigavale was noted for its crab timber.
100 yrs ago all axles in this district were made of crab timber then.Poor people often gathered real dry cow dung for fuel in Summer.Horse shoes were often hung over the door of the kitchen & were supposed to bring luck.A clutch of eggs, if given without swop or a luck penny was supposed to take all the luck from the giver.A boot, if turned upside down when dogs were crying, was supposed to stop them.If two people washed their hands in the same water they would surely quarrel.It was unlucky to pick up anything you dropped. It should be done by somebody else.A woman should not whistle or open an umbrella inside. A whistling woman or a crowing hen
