School: Enfield
- Location:
- Enfield, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máiréad, Bean Uí Dhomhnaill
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- (continued from previous page)girls' shoulders.
At Easter all the children used to bring eggs t the teacher, some (some) three score, some two score and some one score.
Long ago when the old people would be going to sow oats they would get a sheet and tie hen-dung, burned coals, and coarse salt in a corner in the sheet and also sprinkle it with holy water and leave it there till they would have the oats sown. Then they used to shake this mixture on the crop to keep people from bringing away the corn. Another custom was that if any person were making a churning they would not throw out any water while the churning was being made for fear they would throw out the butter. Another custom was that if any man were going to a fair and saw a red haired woman coming towards him, he would go round the field to avoid her for if he met her she would bring him bad luck for the day.
- Collector
- John Farrell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Knockalaghta (Wills), Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- John Callaghan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Bohagh, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- James Farrell
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Knockalaghta (Wills), Co. Roscommon
