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.(continues on next page)