School: Brittas (roll number 12217)
- Location:
- Brittas, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: B. Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 462
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- If you let your glove fall, and you pick it up yourself, it is a disappointment, and if you do not, it is not one but an introduction.
If you see magpies, it denotes the following,
"One, for sorrow,
Two, for joy,
Three, for a wedding,
and, Four, for a boy,
Five, for silver,
Six, for gold,
Seven, for a secret, that shall never be told."
If you let your umbrella fall, when you are going on a journey, it is a disappointment.
It is supposed to be very unlucky to open an umbrella inside in a house.
If you hear a banshee crying, it denotes that there is a very near friend dying.
If the cock crows on the centre of the floor, it denotes hasty news.
If you hear an ass crying, it denotes that there is a tinker dead.
If you break a mirror, you will have seven years bad-luck in front of you.
It is very unlucky to bring in haw-thorn into(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní hAnlon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Brittas, Co. Dublin
