School: Rinn Tuirc (roll number 9835)
- Location:
- Reenturk, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: S. Bean Uí Rinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0403, Page 252
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- The people of olden times believed in alot of Superstitions. If they saw magpies they had a poem composed about them - "One for sorrow
Two for joy
Three for a marriage
Four to die
Five for silver
Six for gold
Seven for a secret that's not to be told.
A person should not take a bucket with the sign of milk on it to the river to rinse it. On New Year's morning if the first person that entered a house was a man one should give him a glass of whiskey as it was considered a lucky omen. Never commence new work on Saturday or it would never be finished. If you met a red-haired woman on the road, when setting out on a journey you should turn back or you would have bad luck.
