School: Cilltighearnáin/Kiltiernan (roll number 11812)

Location:
Kiltiernan West, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Beirn
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  1. 1. It is unlucky to carry a blackthorn stick in the night.
    2. If you have a sty in your eye look out through a gold ring.
    3.If you have warts put the froth of potatoes on them and they will go
    4. If you get your hair cut put the cut hair in the hole of the wall and you will be lucky.
    5. If a knife or a fork fell off the table at dinnertime you will have a visitor
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margread Ní Aichthir
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Shiel
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Address
    Castletaylor South, Co. Galway