School: Edenagully
- Location:
- Edennagully, Co. Cavan
- Teachers: S. Ó Cléirigh C. Ó Baoighealláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1007, Page 325
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- (continued from previous page)place moulds of salt on the table - shaped by a thimble - one for each member of the family. If the mould falls the person for whom it stands will be dead by the following November.
Some boys make a forrackaphuca [?] by boring two holes in a tin porringer and drawing resined cord through the holes thus producing a sound like the wail of a banshee.
Lead is melted and poured through a key and let drop into a basin of water and see what initials it will form. The initials formed are supposed to be the initials of the future husband.
Another trick is to scrape the inside out of a turnip, trace a man's face on it and put a lighted candle inside. This is left on a pier to frighten people.
