Scoil: Tír-Dhá-Ghlas (Terryglass)

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1. Traces and Survivals of Pagan Religious Customs - Beliefs in Omens and Accidents (ar lean)

   

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   early in the morning he will partake of sorrow before evening. If primroses are brought into the house the cows will not have butter for the year. If a person wishes to steal or destroy another's crop he buries rotten eggs or a dead cock in it in a corner of the tillage field; the tillage will be either very poor or a failure.
   It is unlucky to cut down an elder tree. It means ill-luck to the house when a hen with a straw trailing from it comes to the door. It signifies a funeral.
   When a peson yawns he makes the sign of the cross with his thumb across his mouth as a protection against lock-jaw.
   Handsell (Hansel) Monday. It is unlucky to sweep out the kitchen, or to throw out the ashes on the first Monday of the New Year. It means throwing away your fortune. If you buy on that day you will be buying for the year. If a woman is the first visitor to your house on the New Year's morning you will hall ill-luck for the year: if a man, especially a good-living man you will have success.
   The butter-maker would not allow a passer-by to come in to "redden" his pipe while the churning was being done. He might steal her butter. If you chance to visit a house during churning operations you must take a turn at the churn. Never forget to say "God bless the work". Some people keep the kitchen door bolted during churning time. The hosuewife will hum at her churning "come buttter, come butter, come butter, come. Every lump as big as your rump".

   

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