School: Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (B.)
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: D. P. Ó Cearbhaill
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- (continued from previous page)a long time you will see the devil in the mirror
(105) If the clock stops it is a sign that someone living near the house in going to die
(106) If the kettle boils over into the fire its a sing of bad luck
(107) It is not right to live in a gateway because you will have bad luck
(108) If you are going on a journey and the day is wet you will have good luck.
(109) The old people say you should never build you house on a path on the side of a country road because the fairies will open the doors of the house and walk through it when you are in bed
(110) The old people say you should never build your new house on the other side of the road or somebody is sure to die in it less than three months
(111) When there is a lit coal in the fire at night as you are going to bed you should always put it out or the fairies will be sitting around the fire.
