School: Faithlegg (C.), Portláirge (roll number 11615)
- Location:
- Faithlegg, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Mary J. Brazil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0653, Page 99
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- (continued from previous page)If a robin hopped on the door step it would be a sign of good luck.
You should never carry a hatchet to the house on your shoulder or it would bring you bad luck.
There is also a piseog about magpies
One for sorrow,
Two for mirth,
Three for a wedding,
Four for birth,
Five for silver,
Six for gold,
Seven for a thing that will never be told.
When an knife and fork is crossed on the table and your nose is itching you it is a of a row
When your left ear is hot someone is talking about you
When the palm of your right hand is itching you, you are going to get a strange shake hands and when the palm of left (you) hand is itching you are going to get money
It is said that if you wish for something when you see a white horse it will come true.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maura Burke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Faithlegg, Co. Waterford
