School: St. Brendan's (C.), Blennerville

Location:
Blennerville, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Mhuircheartaigh
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  1. Piseóga
    1. If you walk under a ladder you will never grow.
    2. If you break a mirror you will have bad luck for seven years.
    3. If you put an umbrella over your head inside a house you will never grow.
    4. If you cut your hair on a Monday you will have a pain in your head until it grows the same length again.
    5. If a child is born with a "[?]" is it supposed to be very lucky, captains of ships pay u to £300 for a [?] because it is supposed to save the ship from every danger.
    6. If you sit on a table you will never get married.
    7. If you hear the cuckoo before summer begins, you will have bad luck until Winter comes.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Horgan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Blennerville, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Horgan
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    47
    Address
    Blennerville, Co. Kerry