School: Cill Tártáin
- Location:
- Kiltartan, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Tuathaigh
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- Local Beliefs.1. People believe that bad luck would follow you if you opened an umbrella within in a house
2. To meet a red-haired woman on your wedding-morning is unlucky.
3. To meet a funeral is unlucky.
4. It is lucky for a black cat to cross your path
5. Blue is an unlucky colour.
6. Green is an unlucky colour
7. It is lucky to change on a Friday
8. It is unlucky for a rat to cross your path when you are going on a journey.
9. It is unlucky to see the new moon through glass
10. If a person came into the house while the people were churning and if he didn't make a start of it he would bring the butter.
11. If you gave away new milk and not to put a drop of water through it you would give away the luck of your butter.
12. If you meet a woman with a child and not to say "God bless it" you would give it the bad eye.
13. If you found a horse-shoe on the road you have luck
14. If you set hen-eggs in the night, it is all pullets you would have.
15. If a man got a new suit, it isn't right for a(continues on next page)
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