School: Kilwatermoy, Tulach an Iarainn (roll number 5385)
- Location:
- Kilwatermoy, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Caitlín, Bean Uí Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0637, Page 319
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- Signs of bad luck
To break a mirror foretells seven years bad luck.
It is un-lucky to meet a single magpie.
Four magpies foretell a funeral.
If a swallow falls down the chimney it is a sign of ill luck.
It is unlucky to meet a red-haired woman in the morning.
- Collector
- Mary Donovan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Dunmoon, Co. Waterford
- Riddles
A riddle a riddle
As I suppose
Full of eyes
But never a nose
(A sieve)For As round as an apple
As deep as a cup
All the Queen's horses
Can't draw it up
(A well)We have a horse
Without any head
He is never alive
And will never be dead
(A clothes-horse)
