School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)

Location:
Killinaboy, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Céilleachair
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  1. No one likes a woman that is not churched to go into their house as she is supposed to bring bad luck. If a man sat three times under a bow shaped briar, he would be able to colour the cards. If a man was a good gambler the people say “He sat under a briar.”

    Collected by: - Seoirse Riain Crossard
    Told by: - George Ryan(senior) Crossard.
    (55 years)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seoirse Riain
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crossard, Co. Clare
    Informant
    George Ryan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Crossard, Co. Clare
  2. If you kill a hare on May day you will have bad luck for the year. If you carry a deck of cards to Mass in your pocket, you will have good luck when playing cards for the rest of the year. When an ass brays it is a sign a tinker is dead.

    Collected by: - Tadhg Ó Diolúin, Crossard.
    Told by: - Martin McMahon, Crossard, (his grandfather)
    (66 years)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.