School: Crummy (roll number 12691)
- Location:
- Crummy, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Rodacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0211, Page 355
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- (continued from previous page)35513. It is a sign of good luck to get a horseshoe but you should take it with you.
14. It is unlucky to give away an edged tool without getting a copper for it.
15. It is unlucky to give away eggs or fowl without getting some trifle in exchange. You should never give away your luck.
16. If you borrow a pin you should stick it in wood. Else it will break friendship.
17. It is unlucky to spill salt at meals.
18. A spark in a candle means a letter.
19. It is not right to go near a fort at night.
20. The person who shoots a swan my expect misfortune.
21. If a person is "brought astray" he should turn his coat.
22 If your ears feel warm someone is talking of you.
23. If the palm of your right hand be itchy you will get a strange shakhands.
24. If you let a glove fall you should not pick it up yourself. It is a disappointment for you if you do. It is an introduction for another.
26. If your nose is itchy you will quarrel.
27. A hen coming into the house with a straw hanging out of her, signifies a stranger coming to the house.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- P.S. Ó Rodacháin
- Gender
- Male
