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 354
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- (continued from previous page)be worn as they are whether they fit or not.
22. It is unlucky to stoop down to a well by night.
23. It is unlucky to cross a river late at night.
24. It is unlucky to throw out dirty water after nightfall.
25. It is unlucky to insure a young child.
26. It is unlucky to forget to sow a ridge of garden.
27. It is unlucky to turn back home if you were going to Mass.
28. It is unlucky to give away anything on May morning.
29. It is unlucky to come in one door of a house and go out another.
30. It is unlucky to go to a well for water without first washing the bucket well.
31. It is unlucky to break ware in a house.
32. It is unlucky to burn a card. The devil would be with you all the time if you did. Good Luck
33. It is lucky to put a new-born baby through a horse's collar.
34. If any one brought you a horse-shoe you would have good luck.
35. It is lucky for a house-keeper to leave a scrubbing-brush under the door when she goes out.
36. It is lucky to meet a black cat.
37. The seventh child of a family is always lucky.
38. It is lucky to meet a dark-haired woman in the morning.
39. It is lucky to meet a woman wearing a white cap before dawn in the morning.
40. It is lucky to keep something old in the house.(continues on next page)
