School: Na Mínteóga
- Location:
- Meentoges, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Caoimh
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- If you were going on a journey and the first person you met was a foxy woman you would have bad luck that day.
If there is a mouse scraping near a sick person's bed it is a sign of death.
If you met a black cat when going on a journey you would have luck.
If a knife falls on the floor it is a sign of visitors.
If the cock is crowing furiously it is a sign of death in the family.
If a spoon falls on the floor it is a sign of a dissappointment.
If you nose is itchy it is a sign that there is someone talking about you.
If the palm of your left hand is itchy it is a sign that you are going to get money from a friend.
It is not right to send a child to school for the first time on Monday.
If you broke a looking glass you would have seven years of bad luck.
If you take beastings to a house the people of the house would give you a grain of salt or an [?[ into the empty vessel going home.
