School: Murher (C.) (roll number 13541)
- Location:
- Murher, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Chonaill
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- (continued from previous page)"máchail", supposed to be "Cos cham na roilige".
You should never clean your shoes in a churchyard.
They say that you should take great care when walking a churchyard, because if you fell it is said that you would be the next to be buried there.
It is said that when a person dies all the clocks in that house should be stopped.
You should never go a short cut to a graveyard.
If the cock comes to the door and begins crowing it is a sign that somebody is going to die in the house.
To hear the cuckoo at your back is a sign of a sudden death.
The cock to fly up in a window is a sign that someone is going(continues on next page)
