School: Ardrahan, Mainistir Ó dTórna (roll number 13167)
- Location:
- Ardrahan, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhonnabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0412, Page 186
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- (continued from previous page)that - Something old, something new
Something borrowed, something blue.
It is not right to count teeth in a comb, or to count the cars in a funeral.
It is not right to quench Christmas candles on Christmas night.
It is not lucky to spill salt on a table, or if you spill it you can prevent the bad luck by throwing a pinch of it over your right shoulder.
A person when leaving a house should go out the same door by which he came in, so as that he would not take the luck of the house away with him.
A house should not be built to the west.
A house should not be built on a path.
A person should not be called to see a patient when returning from a funeral.
Cutting-out should not be done on Monday.
A grave should not be opened on Monday, a sod should be cut off on Sunday.
Don't buy a maol cow or don't sell a maol cow or don't ever be without a maol cow.
It is unlucky to interfere with a swallow or its nest because the old people say that the swallow would try to take a rib of hair off the head of a person who does so and he would be suffering from a headache for the rest of his life.(continues on next page)
