School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)
- Location:
- Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Sr. Ó Donnabhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 277
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- (continued from previous page)grey hair in their bodies and yoked to it, will it be got.
- When a comet is seen in the west, it is a sign of war.
When the oak buds before the ash, it is a sign of a bad year, and also when the cuckoo sings on a bare bush.
When a bird picks the window, it is a sign of hard weather.
When a magpie hops across the road before a newly married couple, it is a sign of misfortune and also when they meet a red-haired woman and when they see a weasel.
When they see a black cat it is a sign of good luck.
A sign of death was, seed not growing, cock crowing at unusual times of the night and forgetting to set a ridge of potatoes about the size of a coffin.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mary Hackett
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Liscloonadea, Co. Leitrim
