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 09_021
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- 1. When a person is going on a long journey it is right to put a grain of salt into his stocking so that he will have luck.
2. A person puts eggs into his neighbour's garden so that he might bring the luck out of the neighbour's crops.
3. On November night two cakes are baked and the remainder of both cakes are stuck against the back door of the house saying "Drive the starvation down to the north"
4. If a person brings a black cat on board a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridget Fordham
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Daniel Fordham
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Kilcolgan, Co. Galway
