School: Maigh Sheasta
- Location:
- Moyasta, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. De Priondargas
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0628, Page 167
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- (continued from previous page)the ashes on May morning.You should not leave a dirty pot in the house at night, because the good people would be using them.It is unlucky to see the new moon through the window.It is unlucky for a girl to light the Xmas candles.It is unlucky to hear the cuckoo in your left ear.Some old women believe that you should not put eggs to hatch unless you would make the sign of the cross on each egg with a burnt stick.If a person dies in the house, the water that washed the corpse, should be thrown in the corner they used to sit in when alive.
- Collector
- Lourde Haugh
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Informant
- Michael Mahony
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 61
