School: Drom Clúmhach (Dromclogh) (roll number 16246)
- Location:
- Dromclogh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Riobárd Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0282, Page 353
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- 1. It is unlucky to buy a cradle for the first child of a family.
2. It is unlucky to meet a foxy woman when going to a fair.
3. It is unlucky to give away a clucking hen, because the head of the family would then die.
4. It is unlucky to put out bonhams on a Monday.
5. It is unlucky to come out on the left side of the bed in the morning.
6. It is unlucky to burn a deck of cards.
7. It is unlucky to spill salt on Monday.
8. It is unlucky to pass out a person on a stairs.
9. It is unlucky to walk under a bridge while wearing a cap.
10. It is unlucky to pass under a ladder.
11. It is unlucky to put an open umbrella over one's head in a house.
12. It is unlucky to hear the cuckoo for the first time in any year through the left ear.
13. It is unlucky to hear the cuckoo for the first time in any year while walking in a flower garden.
14. It is unlucky to hold a wedding ring for the first child in a family.
15. It is unlucky to burn a catechism.
16. It is unlucky to bury a child on Monday.
17. It is unlucky for a woman to go to a well late at night.
18. It is unlucky to stand on a spade inside in the house.
19. It is unlucky to take a young child out by night.
20. It is unlucky to leave a child under twelve months alone.
21. It is unlucky to alter a dead person's clothes. They should(continues on next page)
