School: Ballycloghan, Ardagh (roll number 9827)
- Location:
- Ballycloghan, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Mary Ledwith
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- It was considered unlucky to line a coat with drugg i.e. a coarse mixture of wooland cotton. It is unlucky to put up the first smoke on May morning or to give out milk on May morning. Pay no money to anyone on New Years You should not remove ashes on May morning or you will have no fire during the year If a young boy carries a spade on his shoulder to the farmyard and into a house, he must go back again to the field take the spade off his shoulder to the and carry it in his hand or he will never grow again It is unlucky for a woman or a priest to a match when starting(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Violet Ledwith
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballycloghan, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Edward York
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Barney, Co. Longford
