School: Ardfinnan (B.), Cahir (roll number 16077)
- Location:
- Ardfinnan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: W. J. Nugent
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0571, Page 204
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- (continued from previous page)Swallows flying low sign of rain.
A cat washing his right ear is a sign of a visitor
If a cat is disturbed when washing himself the first person he looks at will die soon.
A fire lighting on one side is a sign someone will leave the house within a week.
If you enter a door with anything on your shoulder you will not grow any bigger
You should not step across a person who is lying down or step across a person's legs when he is sitting with his legs stretched out. If you do you will not grow any bigger.
If you strike a person with an older stick you will not grow any bigger.
- People long ago never swept out the floor on a Monday they swept it in instead. Sweeping out on a Monday sweeps out all the luck. Iron was put in the nest when eggs were being hatched so that there would be birds in all the eggs. It is still the custom to put a piece of iron in the nest to save eggs from thunder.
