School: Ráth Séideóg (roll number 8786)
- Location:
- Rashedoge, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Brighid Ní Dhomhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1104, Page 95
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- (continued from previous page)make a wish for whatever we like, and we will get it.
Before we start to churn we should put a pinch of salt and blessed water in it. To keep away witchcraft. We should not sweep the flags after sun-set
If you sweep the floor out by the door you are sweeping the luck out of the house.
It is not right to put out the ashes on May morning.
It is not right to clean the byre after sun-set.
On May eve we should scatter May-flowers at the door.
- It is not lucky to find money.
It is not lucky to strike a beast with a holly bush.
It is bad luck to see a pin and its head turned towards you.
It is unlucky to meet a red haired woman when you are on a journey.
It is lucky to find a horse shoe
It is lucky to meet a donkey
