School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)
- Location:
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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- (continued from previous page)If a child is born before twelve o'clock at night he will never see the fairies.
If a man is whistling in a boat he will draw a breeze.
It is not right to take a dead person into a boat.
If a person gets a stab from a thorn he should burn it.
If pieces of hay fly out of a cock it is a sign that fairies are near.
If a person sees nóiníní early in the year it is the sign of a bad Winter.
It is right to go by the longest route when bringing a corpse to the church.
When the first daughter dies the mother should remain from the funeral.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Bridget Connill
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Thady Searry
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Tooreen, Co. Galway