School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)

Location:
Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033B, Page 04_056

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  1. 1. When a horse dies the hoves should be hidden under the rafters of the house.
    2. When a mother leaves a child asleep she puts a grain of salt under the clothes so that the good People would not bring the baby.
    3. It is not right for a man to light his pipe while a woman is churning.
    4. If you do not put a cross on the cake on Christmas Eve the fairies will bring it.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Moran
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Mannin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    67
    Address
    Mweeloon, Co. Galway