Piseoga

Abstract: Story collected by a student at An Churrach (Crogh), Árd Fhionáin school (Curragh, Co. Tipperary) from informant (Mrs) Brigid Nugent.

Original reference: 0572/4/74

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County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Tipperary Schools

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Piseoga [duchas:4865547]

Piseoga
If your tooth fell out you should kiss it therr times and then throw it over your head. If a pig or a sow got it, you would get a pigs tooth.
It is considered unlucky to hold an umbrella open over your head in the house or to look at a new moon through glass.
If you killed a dearga daol with your thumb before he raised his tail, you would release a soul from Purgatory.
If you cry on New Year's Day you will be crying for a year.
Try to get money (but do not pay out any) on Hansel Monday (1st Monday of the year).
If you hit one with an elder stick he or she will not grow any more.
You should not throw out the ashes on a Monday or you would be throwing out your luck for the week. Neither should you sweep the dust out on a Monday.
It is considered unlucky to meet a person on a stairs.
It is unlucky to break a mirror or kill a cricket.
If you are late for mass on New Year's Day you will be late for the year.
When leaving the house going  a journey, do

Piseoga [duchas:4865548]

not turn back for anything or it will bring you bad luck.
No one should open a grave on a Monday. If a person has to be buried on a Monday, the first sods are taken on Sunday.
If you walk on grass on a September morn before the sun shines you will suffer from feet aches for the rest of the year. 
It is unlucky to put your left boot on yout right foot and if you take off the left boot before the right it is the sign of an accident.
Building to the north is suppose to be unlucky.
Never throw egg shells behind the fire, as it insults the fairies.
If a black dog follows you, it will bring you bad luck.
If a stray cat comes to ae house it means hasty news either good or bad.
You should not shave or cut hair on a Monday. It is said that hair cut on a Monday will never grow again.

Origin information
Curragh, Co. Tipperary
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 312-313
Volume 0572
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mícheál Ó Dubhshláine.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Folk belief--Creidiúint choiteann
School location
CurraghAn CurrachCurraghBallybaconIffa and Offa WestTipperary
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5054937
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0572/4/74

Suggested credit
"Piseoga"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5054937>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mícheál Ó Dubhshláine.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

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