School: Killorglin (C.) (roll number 12833)
- Location:
- Killorglin, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Úna Nic Choluim
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0435, Page 141
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- (continued from previous page)make him come out of the bed and throw it out
(117) If the left of one's nose is itchy there is somebody talking badly about them
(118) If two hens are fighting there are visitors coming
119 If you have steel in your person the fairies cannot harm you.
(120) It is bad to kill a hare in a fort.
(121) It is unlucky to burn a deck of cards.
(122) When the first child dies it should be buried in the nearest graveyard.
(123) It is not lucky to build a house on a passage in a fort.
(124) It is not right to take a new grave for a young member of the family.
(125) It is unlucky to meet a red-haired woman first thing in the morning.
(126) A black cat is supposed to be lucky, but if a person turns it away from the door the person will have bad luck for twelve years.
(127) It is considered unlucky to put a pair of boots up on a table.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Síle Ní Fhoghludha
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Castleconway, Co. Kerry
