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School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)

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

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0614, Page 296

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Superstitions

It is lucky to put salt in one’s mouth and on one’s head after getting a haircut, it prevents one from getting a cold after the hair. It is unlucky to begin work that will last for longer than a week on a Saturday and if you do you will never finish it.


Collected by: - Seósamh Ó Níalláin Roughan
Told by: - Edward Neylon. Roughan (his Father)
(52 years)

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Collector
Seósamh Ó Níalláin
Gender
male
Address
Roughan, Co. Clare
Informant
Edward Neylon
Relation
parent
Gender
male
Age
52
Address
Roughan, Co. Clare
Language
English

Superstitions

No one should cry for 2 hours after the corps leaving the house. If a girl spilled salt she would marry a drunkard. If a person went to see a sick on his way home from a funeral, the sick person would die before long.


Collected by: - Máire Ní Dhiolúin Crossard
Told by: - Martin McMahon Crossard, (her grandfather)
(66 years)

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