School: Lios Ciúin (roll number 7829)
- Location:
- Liscune Lower, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Micheál S. Mac Tighearnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0043, Page 0184
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- (continued from previous page)If you would see a spark on the candle it is a sign you would get a letter.
If you saw one magpie you would have bad luck.
If you were going anywhere and meet a man with a horse first on your way you would have good luck.
If a table falls to the ground there is somebody to come in or if it happens to be a fork it is a woman.
If your nose was itchy it is a sign that you would be fighting.
You should never stitch on a Sunday or you will have to rip it with your nose when you die.
If your ear was hot it is a sign that somebody was talking about you.
If you heard a magpie screeching is a sign of a letter.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Dan Carney
- Gender
- Male
