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School: Castlemacadam

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Castlemacadam, Co. Wicklow
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Wm. Ffell
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    “On entering a house the visitor said 'God bless all here' or 'God bless the work'...”

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    On entering a house the visitor said"god bless all here" or "god bless the work" or "god save all here" & the answer " god save you kindly" was given. When looking at any living creature of a neighbor the visitor said "god bless the cattle" fowl etc as the case might be a& got the answer "god bless you too kindly".
    When churning and anyone enters he or she had to take a turn with the dash before leaving in case they would take the luck with them.
    On hearing the cuckoo for the first time remove the shoe & see if there is a hair on it. If there is this hair is the colour of the hair of the future husband of the wearer.
    At Hallow Eve the girls & boys went to a cabbage plot & pulled a head of cabbage each. A lot of clay on the root foretold a rich husband or wife while little or
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Johnson
    Gender
    Female