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School: Clonmacnoise

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Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
P. Ó Maolmhuaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 135

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    1. It is said when a baby is being baptised, if it cries when the priest is pouring the water on its head, it can never drink and it will always be crying.
    2. If a child is born with a crooked finger, it is said that the child has a charm of some kind.
    3. It is also said, that when a baby girl is born with a birth-mark on her forehead. That will be a rich and a lucky child.
    4. If a person is born at night he will always see ghosts.
    5. If a child does not cry when it is being baptized, it will not be a long liver.
    6. If people go to get a child christened and they see a man with no hair on his head, it is a sign that the child will live as long as its hair stays
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. birth (~49)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Ann Kilmartin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    90
    Address
    Creevagh, Co. Offaly