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School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

Location:
Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 01_054

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  1. Superstitions (continued)

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    should not get married within a year.
    Two brothers or two sisters should not marry within a year.
    You should never lend anything on May morning or you should not go near water for nine days before or after Whit-Sunday. Both those days are looked upon as unlucky days and people born on Whit Sunday are supposed to be vicious.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Festivals

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    On St. Stephen's day little boys go round with a wren in a box which they have decorated with coloured papers. At each house they say
    "Dreoilín, dreoilín rí na n-éan
    Is mór é a mhuirín, is beag é féin
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary A. O' Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patsy Ausboro
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    84
    Address
    Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo