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

Location:
Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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  1. 1 If you give away milk to your neighbour on May day you will not have butter for that year.
    2. If you get a thorn in your foot on May day the sore will never heal.
    3. If you looked into a mirror before going to bed you would have bad luck.
    4. Make a sweet cake on the Twelfth Night and to hit it against the back door and say "I drive the starvation down to the North".
    5. If a man is going fishing and meets a red-haired woman he would not get any fish.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Martyn
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr P. Martyn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Mulroog West, Co. Galway