Old Customs

Abstract: Story collected by Bridget Ryan, a student at Mionloch (C) school (Menlough, Co. Galway) from informant Patrick Ryan.

Original reference: 0077/2/28

 Mionloch (C) [Vol. 0077, Chapter 0002]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Galway Schools

COLLECTOR
Ryan, Bridget 
Gender
female
INFORMANT
Ryan, Patrick 
Gender
male
Age
50
Location
Aghanahil (Townland) 
Killoscobe (Civil parish) 
Tiaquin (Barony) 
Galway (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Old Customs  [duchas:4621315]

There are not as many customs nowadays as there were long ago. My father told me a few, some time ago.

(1) If a person was going to a fair and met a red haired woman, he would turn back for he would have bad luck.

(2) If a person was churning and another person came in and did not help with it, going of him they used to say, he was bringing the butter.

(3) If a person came in one door and went out the other, the people used to say, he was taking the luck with him.

Resource description

Origin information
Menlough, Co. Galway
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 046
Volume 0077
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Bean Uí -- Dhubhagáin, Bean Uí Oisín.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Folk belief--Creidiúint choiteann
School location
Menlough Mionlach Killoscobe Tiaquin Galway
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4628983
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0077/2/28

Suggested credit
"Old Customs"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_4628983>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Bean Uí -- Dhubhagáin, Bean Uí Oisín.
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.

School location

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