School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)
- Location:
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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- Leave a bunch of primroses on the doorstep on May Eve. It will keep away the fairies for the year.
If the cock crows before the door while a person is ill in the house the patient will die.
A crowd of crows lying together in a field is the sign of a funeral.
If you dream of clay it is a sign of a death soon.
If a marriage party meets a funeral it is the sign of bad luck to the bride and bridegroom.
If you are in the habit of breaking delph it is the sign of misfortune.
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- Collector
- Bridget Connill
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Thady Searry
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Tooreen, Co. Galway
