School: Sriantaigh (roll number 8015)
- Location:
- Sreenty, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Mac Aodha Bhuí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0934, Page 114
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- (continued from previous page)9. It is unlucky to blow out a candle when it is in another persons hand.
10. It is not right to place your boots on the table, it brings bad luck.
11. It is not lucky to throw out water in which the feet have been washed on Saturday night unless you say “Tug a Duiga[?], uisce salach”
12. It is not right to cut your nails beside the fire. If the nails strike anyone else they will take the “falling sickness”.
13. If a hen enters the house carrying a straw on her back you will have a visitor shortly.
14. If a person lends anything on New Year's Day he gives away all his luck to the borrower.
15. If a person hears the cuckoo in the morning, fasting he will die within seven years.
16. It is unlucky to go to the well with traces of milk on the can.(continues on next page)
