School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)

Location:
Killinaboy, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Céilleachair

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0614, Page 289

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It is unlucky to meet a red-haired woman. If you opened an umbrella over you while in a house you will cease to grow. If a person carried a black-handled knife he would be able to keep away the fairies.


Collected by: - Máire Ní Níalláin. Roughan .
Told by: - Edward Neylon (senior) Roughan
(52 years )

Collector
Máire Ní Níalláin
Gender
female
Address
Roughan, Co. Clare
Informant
Edward Neylon
Relation
parent
Gender
male
Age
52
Address
Roughan, Co. Clare
Language
English

If a cat was washing himself, the first person he looks at will die within a year. A man should not light his pipe while the churn is being made, because he would take away the butter. If your right ear is hot it is a sign that somebody is talking badly of you. If your left ear is hot it is a sign that someone is talking good of you. On May day morning the cows are hit with a fir bush so that nobody could take the butter. At a wake clay pipes are given around to the men and before they start smoking they say “Lord have mercy on the poor soul.” A saucer of snuff is also given around.


Collected by: - Máire Ní Chearbhaill, Clifden.
Told by: - Micheal Carroll, Clifden (her father)
(55 years)