School: Ardee (Mercy Convent) (roll number 8445)
- Location:
- Ardee, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Sr M. Angel
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8. If ones left eye is itching he will be crying
9. If a person's left ear is hot there is someone speaking ill of him Maureen Woods
Dawsons Demesne
Ardee
- 1. It is said that if one visits another persons house on Christmas Day she must take a piece of the pudding or she will not see the Christmas coming
2. If you hear the cuckoo in Summer and you count how many times he cooed that will tell you how many years you will live
3. If you see a hen with a straw dragging after her there is a stranger coming to the house
4. It is unlucky to hand a needle to anyone without pointing it to the ground
5. People say if you have fowl and you let an unlucky person see them they would die
6. When a person is putting down hatching eggs they shake holy water over the eggs and the hen for good luck
7. If a person lets salt fall they are in trouble
