School: Sriantaigh (roll number 8015)
- Location:
- Sreenty, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Mac Aodha Bhuí
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- (continued from previous page)26. It is lucky to put on article of clothing wrong side out and leave it that way for the rest of the day.
27. It is bad luck to find a hairpin or a button on the road.
28. “A whistling woman, a crowing hen, they may have luck, but the lord knows when!”
29. If you see a knife on its edge, there will be someone leaving the house.
30. If a person breaks a looking glass, he will have seven years bad luck.
31. If you sit down to table and find you have two knives you will soon be at a wedding.
32. If you are going to church and forget your beads don’t turn back, it’s unlucky.
33. It is not right to give away the first churning of milk.
