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School: Paulstown (B.) (roll number 8244)

Location:
Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máirtín Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0862, Page 307

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  1. Comharthaí Áidh agus Mí-Áidh

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    I If a cock comes to the door and crows in it, it is the sign of good luck; but when she comes into the middle of the floor it is the sign of bad luck.
    II To meet a magpie in the road it is the sign of luck
    "One for good luck, two for the same
    Three for a wedding, four for a wake."
    III To put on your clothes inside out through mistake is a sign of luck.
    IV to meet a black cat is the sign of bad luck.
    V To find a horse-shoe on the road is good luck.
    VI Bad luck is kill a hare with a stick.
    VII Seven years bad luck for breaking a mirror.
    VIII You should not trust anyone that a dog has a settled dislike for.
    IX To injure or to refuse the water of a well brings bad luck
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