School: Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn
- Location:
- Callainn, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: An Mháthair M. Síle
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- On November night ordinary lead, mealted down over the fire, poured through the eye of the key of a door, put into cold water when sufficiently set and removed from the water, if it appeared like a large building it was said you would likely live in a castle or other big places, it might be the poorhouse.
- If young delicate people get up very early on May morning, and walk the dewy grass, and wash their faces in the dewy grass, with their hands it was said they would grow healthy and strong.
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Liathán
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Na Bánta Buí, Co. Chill Chainnigh
