School: Drumlease (roll number 15382)
- Location:
- Droim Lias, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Thomas Dillon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0200, Page 340
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(7) If two people wash in the same vessel it is the sign of a row.
(8) It is also the sign of a row to open an umbrella in the house.
(9) If you are going on a journey and meet a flock of sheep it is a sign of good luck.
(10) If you walk three steps after a funeral you send all your bad luck with it.
(11) When you go into a house and they are churning you should take a brash or you will bring all the butter with you. In olden times there were two doors on the house and if you went in on one door they would make you go out on the same door, because when you die you will come back and go out on the same door as you went in on.
(12) If a widower gets married he would have to bring his second bride in on the window if he had not two doors on the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Gallagher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile na mBráthar, Co. Liatroma
- Informant
- Martin Gallagher
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Baile na mBráthar, Co. Liatroma
