School: An Mhainistir i gCill Chiaráin
- Location:
- Kilkerrin, Co. Galway
- Teacher: An Bráthair Féidhlim Ó hAlmhain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0080, Page 262
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- Not to bring out a corpse from a house the front door.
To knock all the seats in the house as the corpse is leaving.
Not to act as sponser twice in the year.
It is unlucky for a bride to look in the mirror as she is leaving the house, to be wed.
To bring a cat or a pig into a new house with you.
Not to keep a horse after the man of the house dying.
It is unlucky to meet a magpie when you are going to the fair.
It is unlucky to meet a woman with black hair in the morning.
It is unlucky to kill a magpie.
It is unlucky to change into a new house any day in the week except Friday.
It is unlucky to cut meat on a Friday.
It is very unlucky to get early and to see five magpies on the road.
If the 13th day of the month falls on Friday it is considered very unlucky.
It is considered very unlucky to have three of the same names in a house.
It is lucky when you sell an animal and to get copper and silver back for luck.
It is unlucky to throw out ashes on a Sunday.
It is very unlucky for two brothers to marry two sisters.
