School: Naomh Eoin, Cill Choinnigh (roll number 1301)
- Location:
- Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bráthair Tomás Mac Binéid
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- (continued from previous page)If you whitewash the house in May you will wash the head of the house away.
If you spill water it's the sign of a drunken wife.
If you hear the train making loud noise it's the sign of rain.
A straw hanging from a hen's leg is the sign of rain.
Sow eggs in potato drills and the potatoes would grow bad.
If anyone was getting married and if you throw old shoes at the car it is good luck.
If you have a needle in your coat it is good luck.
If you spit on a penny you would have good luck with it.
If you cry on New Year's day you will cry all the year.
- If you get two spoons in your tea you are going to be married.
If a bit of soot is on the bars of the fire there is someone coming to the house.
If you kill a seagull it is the sign of bad luck.
If a picture falls off a wall it is the sign of a death.
When you put on your overall inside out it's the sign of(continues on next page) - Collector
- Martin WAtson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Nore Terrace, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Martin Watson
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Nore Terrace, Co. Kilkenny
