School: Clais na nGearrán (roll number 2979)

Location:
Clais na nGearrán, Co. Chiarraí
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Conchubhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0453, Page 336

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    If a person's tooth fell out it would not grow any more until you bless yourself and then throw the tooth behind your back.
    If a cock crowed at night it is a sign that some-one will die.
    When people were making butter long ago they used the coals of fire to put under the churn.
    People do not like to go out of an old home and go into a new one during lent. People do not like to take fire out of the house on May morning. It is not lucky to leave whitethorn or elder inside at night.
    If you had teethaches and pull one of the teeth and
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    1. seánra
      1. creidiúint (~391)
        1. creidiúint choiteann (~2,535)
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