School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. O' Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 165
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- Long ago the people would not throw out the water after washing their feet at night. The belief was that if they threw it out they might throw it on the good people. If it was necessary to throw out the water at night the people would say - "Cugat do muguda."
- The richest people in the country used to wear their grandfathers' boots with hay in them.
- Collector
- Thomas Erickson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Murmod, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Johnny Mc Cabe
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Murmod, Co. Cavan
