School: Tunnyfoyle
- Location:
- Tonyfoyle, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Thréinfhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1016, Page 271
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- 1 To cure warts if you see a snail without looking for it rub it to the warts and then hang it on a thorn
2 It is not lucky to cut a 'lone bush' because the 'good people' seek shelter under it.
3 It is not lucky to kill a swan.
4 A crowning hen should not be kept about a house. A whistling woman and a crowing hen ought to be let go with the wind.
5 It is not lucky to keep a (pigen) pidgeon about a house.
6 If a child under a year has it nails cut it will be liable to 'left' that is to steal things.
7 If a cow has two calves someone will die about the house that year
8 It is not lucky to spill salt.
9 The door should not be locked or (bolter) bolted on Hallowe'en as the people that died in the house might come back that night
10 People should not throw out dirty water on May Eve.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Phil Joe Traynor
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ledonigan, Co. Cavan
