School: Clais na nGearrán (roll number 2979)
- Location:
- Clashnagarrane, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Conchubhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0453, Page 329
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- (continued from previous page)It is said that if you heart the cuckoo in your right ear it is good luck, and if you hear the cuckoo in your left ear it is a sign of bad luck.
If you see two hens fighting it is said that there are strangers coming to the house.
A whistling woman a crowing hen are the two worst things in a house. It is said that if your right hand was itchy you would get a shake-hands. It is said that if the left side of your nose was itchy there would be would be someone talking bad about you, and if the right side was itchy it is said that there would be someone talking good about(continues on next page)
