School: Kilcullen (Convent) (roll number 11806)
- Location:
- Cill Chuillinn, Co. Chill Dara
- Teacher: Na Siúracha
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- (continued from previous page)light-headed, and if its finger-nails are cut it will be light-fingered. If its a baby boy its bad to let it cry too much it tends towards inward convulsions.
- If a baby's feet are tickled, he will grow up with a stammer in his speech.
When a person turns out very lucky, its said she must have been born with a silver spoon in her mouth. - When a baby is going to be christened, a cinder is tied to the christening shawl.
The one christening shawl passes down through the family. - If a baby is crying very much a red cinder is taken out of the fire, and placed in a cup of hot water, - then the water is given to the child to drink - afterwards the child usually goes to sleep.
The 18th May is considered a lucky day on which to be born, and the 13th May is an unlucky date. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
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- Rosaleen Lallaway
- Gender
- Female