School: Baile Locha Riabhach (Clochar)
- Location:
- Loughrea, Co. Galway
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Proinnsias
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0060, Page 0162
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- (continued from previous page)21. To preserve the butter people put a little blessed salt into the churning at Easter time.
22. A deformed child brings luck to the household.
23. A straw out of a hen's tail a sign of death.
24. A picture falls without breaking an old saying, sign of death.
25. Two hens fighting sign. A tea leaf in the cup in the morning a sign of a letter.
26. To feel the ears hot is a sign that someone is talking about you. The right ear shows that they are speaking well and the left that they are speaking ill of you.
27. A knife falling sign of a gentleman visitor. A spoon or a fork sign of a lady visitor.
28. Lilies only thrive in a consumptive house as the feed on that germ.
- Collector
- Dorothy Taylor
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Raheen, Co. Galway
