School: Scoil an Chlochair (roll number 16202)
- Location:
- Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- Good Luck ifa Frog comes into the house.
To find a Horse-shoe.
To be able to light a fire with one match.
To meet a Black Cat; a red haired man;
If a person comes in to a house when churning is going on he is supposed to turn the handle for Luck.
Bad Luck.. Ifa Picture fall it is supposed to be the omen of a near Death.
To meet a red-haired woman or a white cat the first thing in the morning.
To go under an open Umbrella in the house.
To go under a Ladder.
To see one Magpie.
To break a mirror.
Ifa Picture fall.
To meet an empty Hearse.
To dream of a Wedding.
To be born at Whitsuntide.
To see a Rat.
To wear green.
To hear a Hen crowing.
If a "'lone bush" is interfered with. Sometimes one tree grows in the centre of a field suffered to mark a grave.
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“As Tír-Chonaill:- leigheas fa choinne Sleamhnáin...”
As Tír-Chonaill: - Leigheas fa choinne Sleamhnáin
Ruball cait liath a chumilt de ar deadh trí lá
Gearradh Mad[?]
Trí duilleóga de fhionnadh an mhadaidh a gcorradh agus iad a chumilt de'n gearradh
Léigheas fa choinne Faithne
Prátaí áintha a chumilt dó agus an prátaí a chur san talamh. Deirtear gur dual de'n fhaithne imtheacht de réir mar leóbthuigheann an prátai 'san talamh.
