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School: An Tulach Mór (roll number 11047)

Location:
Tullamore, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Gearóid Mac Piarais
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0399, Page 165

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    1. If you saw the hens picking themselves it is the sign of rain.
    2. If you see the cat scraping it is the sign of rain.
    3. If a coal fell off the fire it is a sign of a visitor coming to the house.
    4. If two hens were fighting it means that a stranger would come to the house.
    5. If you saw one magpie is for sorrow.
    6. Two for joy.
    7. Three for marriage.
    8. Four to die.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáit Ní Cionnfaoilidh
    Gender
    Female
    Collector
    Eibhlín Breathnach
    Gender
    Female