School: Crummy (roll number 12691)
- Location:
- Crummy, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Rodacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0211, Page 354
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Miscellaneous Customs and Beliefs.1. A crowing hen or a whistling woman should be left at a four crossroads.
2. It is unlucky to cut a lone white thorn.
3. There will be no luck in a house for seven years if a mirror is broken.
4. When a coal falls some one is coming a ceilidhe. If it smokes he is a smoker.
5. When sparks fly into your face it means money is coming to you. Spit of them for luck.
6. Two people should not wash their hands in the same water or they will quarrel if they do not spit in it.
7. It is not right to throw out water at night especially soapy water. You should spit in it.
8. It is unlucky to raise an umbrella in a house.
9. It is unlucky to pass under a ladder. A child will not grow if he does so.
10. It is unlucky to go under a yew branch or a yew tree.
11. It is not good to begin work on a Saturday. It will not be finished.
12. You should not go t a new job on Saturday.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- P.S. Ó Rodacháin
- Gender
- Male
