School: Kildangan (B.) (roll number 2291)
- Location:
- Cill Daingin, Co. Chill Dara
- Teacher: Liam Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0780, Page 182
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1 The Bean Sidhe is supposed to caoin near the houses of certain families when some member of the family is in danger of death or is dying.
2 In another family instead of the Bean Sidhe a step or walking is heard, three nights in succession, close to the house.
3 In a few families the belief is that a strange light is seen near the house some nights before the death occurs.
4 That it is unlucky to meet a red haired girl or woman first when starting on a journey
5 That if the two points of a rainbow are seen in the one townland it signifies a sudden death in that district.
6 That if a cock crows before 12 o'clock at night it forebodes death
7 That it is unlucky to give a hen or a setting of eggs, even to a friend, without(continues on next page)
