School: Drumlease (roll number 15382)
- Location:
- Drumlease, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Thomas Dillon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0200, Page 334
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- (continued from previous page)Superstitions(1) When your right ear is burning it is a sign that someone is talking good about you.
(2) If your left ear is burning someone is talking bad of you.
(3) To see a turf falling out it is a sign of a smoker coming to the house.
(4) Here is a few lines concerning magpies, One for sorrow, Two for joy, three for a wedding and four for a pie, five for sorrow, six for gold and seven for your secret to be never told.
(5) If a black cat crosses your road it is a sign of a good luck.
(6) If two people cross each others on the stairs it is a sign of a disappointment for both of them.
(7) If you spill salt its very unlucky
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