1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. An Tulach Mór

School: An Tulach Mór (roll number 11047)

Location:
Tullamore, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Gearóid Mac Piarais
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0399, Page 168

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0399, Page 168

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: An Tulach Mór
  2. XML Page 168
  3. XML “Piseoga”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Piseoga (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    another on the table.
    23. If a fork or knife fell out of your hand, it is a sign that a gentleman visitor would come to the house.
    24. If a moth perched on your coat it is a sign that you were going to get a new coat.
    25. If a person was sewing at night, and if there was a little bee flying around her, it is a sign that she was going to get a letter, and on this account they call him the "postman".
    26. If your right hand was tickly, it is a sign that you were going to get a shake-hands.
    27. If your left hand was tickly it is a sign, that you were going to get a
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Eibhlís Ní Chorradáin
    Gender
    Female