School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)
- Location:
- Cill Iníne Baoith, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Céilleachair
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0614, Page 295
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Killinaboy
- XML Page 295
- XML “Superstitions”
- XML “Superstitions”
- XML “Superstitions”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- It is unlucky to go home from a wake without company. If a person carried a hazel stick at night it would keep away fairies. If you looked at an animal with one eye closed the fairies would take you. If a knife fell it is a sign some man is coming on a visit.
Collected by: - Eamon Ó Níallaín, Roughen.
Told by: - Edward Neylon, Roughan (his father)
(52 years)
- Transcription guide » 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.
- Collector
- Seán Pelcington
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Léim an Eich Thuaidh, Co. an Chláir
- Informant
- George Pelcington
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Léim an Eich Thuaidh, Co. an Chláir
- It is not lucky for a woman with a newly born baby to go into a house until she is churched. If a tongs is left across the cradle in which a baby is sleeping nothing will happen the baby.
Collected by: - Mícheál Ó Cuillináin, Rinamona.
Told by: - Michael O’Donoghue, Rinnamona.
(89 years)
