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Abstract: Story collected by Áil Ní Mhongaigh, a student at Eaglais school (Burren, Co. Mayo) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0089/2/3

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Eaglais [duchas:4345721]

If you hand a pin to a friend you will break friendship with him or her.

If salt spills it is a sign of a fight.

If there is a moth on your back you will get new clothes.

If there is a moth flying around you you will get a letter.

It is not good to break delph on Friday.

If there is a ring of cream on the top of your tea you will get some small silver money.

If you see a wisp slinging after a hen it is a sign that somebody is going to die.

If you see a butterfly flying in the house at night it is a sign that somebody is dead.

If you hear a magpie screeching it is a sign that you will get a letter.

If you hear a dog crying it is a sign of somebody's death.

Eaglais [duchas:4345722]

A watched kettle never boils quickly. 

A neighbor is nearer than a friend far away. 

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

It is better to be idle than working for nothing. 

If there is a person sick in a house and there is a young child who has no sense and it says that the sick person will be all right it is a sign that the sick person will die. 

If a person dies and you put him in the wrong grave everything in the house will rattling until you put the person in the

Eaglais [duchas:4345723]

right grave. 

If a person has fits don't let him jump over you on you will get them too. 

if the sky is red on a summer's evening it is a sign of frost. 

If we have white frost it is a sign that we will have rain.

A white pig is the worst thing you could meet at night.

If you meet a ghost you will faint on your doorstep.

Eaglais [duchas:4345724]

If you meet a ghost it is not right to speak to it.  

the devil finds work for idle doers.

Origin information
Burren, Co. Mayo
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 203-206
Volume 0089
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seosamh Ó Mongaigh.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Folk belief--Creidiúint choiteann
School location
BurrenBoirinnBurrenBurrenAglishCarraMayo
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4504839
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0089/2/3

Suggested credit
Untitled story from the Schools' Manuscript Collectionin "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_4504839>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seosamh Ó Mongaigh.
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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