School: Gort Leitreach (roll number 15960)

Location:
Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Cionnaith
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    If you see a hen crowing on a floor or hear her crowing at night it is a sign of death.

    If you see a hen crowing on a floor or hear her crowing at night it is a sign of death. Leave her and an x for crossroads.
    If you get four wounds you will not get married.
    Water in which feet were washed should not be left in the house on All Soul's Eve.
    A straw out of a hen's tail is the sign of a stranger coming; on a knife, on fork falling; or a coal falling.
    If you fall off a chair you will not get married that year.
    Anyone who holds a tool on his shoulder in a house will never grow any bigger.
    It is not lucky for a weasel to run across the road before you when you are going on a journey.
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