School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)

Location:
Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Sr. Ó Donnabhair
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  1. When a person hears the cuckoo the first time and looks under his foot and sees a grey hair, it is a sign he will live to be an old man.
    It is unlucky to start work on a Friday.
    When a person goes the first time into a new church he can make a wish.
    It is not lucky to bring a cat to a new house.
    When a person dies it is known that cattle die also.
    It is said when one dies in a townland three others will.
    when a person is a drowning it is said he hears music.
    On New Year's Day it is unlucky to throw out water, ashes or sweepings of the floor.
    When a cuckoo sings on a bare bough, it is a sign or hail or snow.
    When there is a bright spot on a candle it is a sign of a letter.
    When a person's left hand is itchy it is a sign of getting money and when his right hand is itchy is is a sign of a strange shake hands.
    When a person's elbow is itchy it is a sign that he will sleep with a stranger, and when his nose is itchy it is a sign he will be fighting.
    When a person breaks a mirror it is a sign that he will have no luck for seven years.
    When a person is going on a journey it is unlucky to turn back.
    It is also lucky to see a weasel.
    When there is a straw hanging from
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Hackett
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Liscloonadea, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mr C. Hackett
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Liscloonadea, Co. Leitrim