School: Cloonarrow (roll number 8376)
- Location:
- Cluain Arach, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Mhaidín
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Another, and more weird, way of a young girl to see her future husband was, at midnight, to stand alone at the side of a stream and to gaze therein at the stroke of midnight, when her future lord's face would be seen on the waters as on a cinema screen. Walking blindfolded to a piece of paper on which are written the letters of alphabet and placing the finger on two is supposed to tell the initials of your future partner.
Pouring melted lead through a key into a basin of clear water indicated some event of your future foretold by the shape of a ship, a horse, or mansion. The three saucers are understood but feared. The saucers are filled with (1) a ring, (2) water, (3) clay. Blindfolded people are permitted to place a finger on one.
