School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)

Location:
Killinaboy, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Céilleachair
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  1. If any one came into a house with an implement on his shoulder he should back out again or if he didn’t he would cease growing. If you washed your face in the dew on May day, you wouldn’t get sun burnt for the year. When a person dies no one cries for two hours after the death. When the coffin comes to the door the lid is taken off and left outside.

    Collected by: - Pádraig Ó Faoileáin, Lemeneigh
    Told by: - (Mrs) Ellen Whelan, Lemeneigh, (his grandmother)
    (80 years)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pádraig Ó Faoileáin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Leamaneh North, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Ellen Whelan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Address
    Leamaneh North, Co. Clare
  2. If the grave sinks soon after a person is buried it is a sign that another person is going to die in the family. It is not lucky to cut a single white thorn bush or a bush growing in a fort. It is said that if a person cried on New year’s day, he would be crying for the year.

    Collected by Tomás O Faoileáin Lemeneigh
    Told by (Mrs) Ellen Whelan Lemeneigh (his grandmother)
    (80 years)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  3. If a man was a great mower the people would say he had a “dardail” in his scythe. He would put a hole in the duirnin, and put him in and a plug of timber in after him. He was supposed to be the devil. If a man went
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.