School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)
- Location:
- Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Sr. Ó Donnabhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 273
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- When a person is going to die a death-bell is a sign, or to hear the "bean síbe". A comet in the sky is a sign of war. If you break a looking-glass, you will have seven years bad luck. When your right hand is itchy it is a sign of a strange shake hands. When your left hand is itchy it is a sign of you are getting money. To meet a red-haired person on the road is a sign you will meet bad luck. If a robin comes into a house it is a sign someone is going to die. it is also a sign of death to see a frog in a house.
- Collector
- Mary Joe Mc Garry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bornacoola, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- William Mc Garry
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 42
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Bellageeher, Co. Leitrim
- When people go into a church that they were never in before they always make a wish. If an animal does on a farm it is said that the people to whom the animal belongs will have two years bad(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa Shanley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clooncolry, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Michael Shanley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Clooncolry, Co. Leitrim
