School: Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (B.)
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: D. P. Ó Cearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0146, Page 597
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- (continued from previous page)twelve o clock on New Years night he or she is sure to bring bad luck into the house(11) If you see two cocks fighting it mean's there are two visitors coming to the house(12) If a hen crows it is a sign of bad luck or a death in the house and the hen should be killed immediately(13) If you are playing cards or betting and losing you should change your money with your opponent and your luck will change too(14) If you are on a journey and a weasel crosses your track you will have bad luck(15) If a person is leaving a house and there is not anybody left in the house but the child she should leave the tongs across the cradle for fear the fairies would take the child away.(16) If you meet a black haired woman in the morning you will have good luck(17) If you find a horse shoe it is good luck(18) If you see a white horse spit on your shoe and it is a sign of good luck(19) If you leave a pair of shoes on the table you will have bad luck(20) If you put a pullover on you inside out you will have good luck(21) If you see a hen laying an egg with two (yoakes)(continues on next page)
