School: Clooney, Cuinche
- Location:
- Clooney, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0593, Page 337
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Superstitions.
1.Some people never like to meet a redhaired person when going on a journey.
2.They never like to burn "elder".
3.When making a churn they put "greesuch" under the churn.
4.They also put the head of the tongs into the fire while making the churn.
5.They never like to sell anything on credit om H.
6.They never like to remove except on a Friday.
7.They never like to hear the cock crowing at midnight or the dog howling.
8.It is unlucky to slip in a graveyard.
9.It is considered bad to get a pain in the head in a graveyard.
10.It is considered unlucky for a woman to wish you "well wear".
11.It is considered unlucky for cows to be "tripped"by a spancel in May Eve.
12. Superstitious persons put spancels in corn and in potatoes to take the crop from their their neighbours.
13.It is considered very unlucky to find(continues on next page)
