School: Druim an t-Seagail (roll number 1772)
- Location:
- Ryehill Demesne, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Máire Ní Eimhirín Seosamh P. Ó hUigín Áine Ní Uigín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0083, Page 016
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- (continued from previous page)that a soul is going to Heaven and is being attacked by the devil
If you dream of a marriage you will hear of a death
If three lights are lit in a room, someone is going to die.
On 12th night twelve candles are lit. The owner of the candles that first dies out is the one who is to die first.
If you dream at night about the devil someone will die in the home next morning.
If you get a scratch of a briar in a graveyard you will surely die that year.
If the dog cries during the night this is a sign of death.
The crying of the bean sidhe means the death of a member of an old -- family.
An owl perched on a stack of oats on an evening in summer means a death.
Five magpies together mean a death.
If looking towards a graveyard when you first hear the cuckoo, it is a sign that you are going to die soon.
When the cat washes his face, the first one he looks at will be the first to die.
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