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School: Baile a' Mhuilinn (Cailíní)

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Milltown, Co. Galway
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Siobhán, Bean Uí Dholáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0041, Page 240

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    10. If you dream of a marriage it is the sign of a death.
    11. If you dream of a death it is the sign of a marriage.
    12. If you fall in a graveyard it is the sign that you will die before the year is out.
    13. If you fall outside the doorstep it is a sign that you will not get married that year.
    14. If you were looking towards the south when you heard the cuckoo that is a sign that you will have good luck for the year.
    15. If you spill salt it is the sign that you will have a fight with somebody.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Egan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Milltown, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Julia Egan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Address
    Ballymary, Co. Galway