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School: Kelladone (roll number 5123)

Location:
Killadoon, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Padhraic Maguidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137C, Page 06_031

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  1. Pisreoga (continued)

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    it's right to put a grain of salt in the churn in a way that they would have a good return of butter.
    It is the very same way on New Years Day as on May morning. The pisreoga are carried on in the same manner. It is said that if anybody bathes on Whit Sunday or Whit Monday they will be drowned. It is said that it is not right to dig soil after the sun would set.
    It is also if a mirror is broken in a house it is unlucky.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Rita Maguire
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Hastings
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    90
    Address
    Devlin South, Co. Mayo