School: Dubhais (roll number 16323)
- Location:
- Dooish, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1096, Page 249
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- (continued from previous page)6. Cocks crowing during the night, especially around midnight warn of a death in the family in the near future.
7. Cock coming to the door and crowing three times in succession- another form of death warning
8. A hen "crowing" is a very much dreaded warning of death.
9. A cow having twin calves. if one or both dead - is also looked on as presapes a death in the family.
10. If, when a person dies, "rigor mortis" does not set itn fully, the deceased person "will soon have a companion" from the same family circle.
11. If "misses" (missed patches) occur in crops, especially potatoes or flax, a death will take place in the owner's family before the next crop is sown.
12. It is lucky, when on a journey, to meet a horse and cart first.(continues on next page)
