School: Corlatt
- Location:
- Corlat, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Ó Dubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0939, Page 268
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- Bríseach - smoothed over on 1st Nov. or on following morning, ashes are examined to see if there is trace of foot on them.- Hole made on thatch when corpse is leaving house. Clock to be stopped when there is a death in the house.
- Not to get hair cut on Monday or wash hair on Wednesday.
- Cobweb to stop bleeding
- On Bonfire night a piece of stick is taken and thrown in each field of crop and a prayer is said.
- A Whistling Woman is said to be unlucky.
- A Redhaired woman also unlucky.
- Cure of Erysipelas - a person bearing the name of Mc Elroy supposed to have this cure. Water is sprinkled over person's head sitting in doorway before sunrise and after sunset.
- Going to live in new house on Friday
This practice still observed rigidly in this locality.
- Putting a corpse face down in a coffin - this is a pagan custom(continues on next page)
