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 167
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- (continued from previous page)face, with his paw, the first one he looks at, is said to be the first to die.
17. It is said if a person sees a mermaid, that someone is sure to be drowned.
18. If there is a crown on a child's head when it is born, it is a sign of very great luck.
19. The old people say if there is great fun in a house one night, that there will be sorrow in the house some other night, and they say "Merry come sorry".
20. People say a sign of rain, is to see a flock of wild geese.
21. Other people say that a sign of frost and hard weather is to see wild-geese.
22. A sign of fighting in the house is, to see the knives over one(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlís Ní Chorradáin
- Gender
- Female
