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 )

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)

Collector
Máire Ní Chearbhaill
Gender
female
Address
Clifden, Co. Clare
Informant
Micheal Carroll
Relation
parent
Gender
male
Age
55
Address
Clifden, Co. Clare
Language
English