School: Cill na dTor, Dún Mánmhaí (roll number 16254)
- Location:
- Cill na dTor, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Donnabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0305, Page 175
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- It is unlucky to give away anything, especially milk or butter, on Mayday.
It is unlucky to spill salt at table.
If you break a looking-glass you will have misfortune for seven years.
If you meet a funeral you should walk three steps in the direction in which the funeral is going.
It is unlucky to leave a wake alone.
It is unlucky to refuse help in the digging of a grave.
It is unlucky to dig a grave on Monday
If we got to see a sick person on Friday, that person will die.
We never undertake any new work on Friday.
It is unlucky to live in a house whose number is thirteen.(continues on next page)
