School: Gort Leitreach (roll number 15960)
- Location:
- Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Cionnaith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0214, Page 338
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“If you see a hen crowing on a floor or hear her crowing at night it is a sign of death.”
(continued from previous page)If you see a woman, especially a red-haired one, first thing when you are going on a journey you should turn back, as you will not have luck. You should put a pinch of salt in milk before you bring it out of the house. If a swan flies across a house somebody will die. It is lucky to put a red rag on a cow's tail on a horse's head. It is not lucky to turn back. A horsehsoe over a door keeps out bad luck. It is not lucky for a woman to come into a house first on New Year's Day. A boy should go in first to bring luck. In some districts down to present time this custom survives, and the boy who goes in first to house gets something nice, generally butter cakes.(continues on next page)