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

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Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máirtín Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0862, Page 308

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  1. Comharthaí Áidh agus Mí-Áidh (continued)

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    X To cross water at night you would see a spirit.
    XI To give eggs or fire away for nothing on the First of May.
    XII To spill salt brings bad luck.
    XIII To open an umbrella in a house is bad luck
    XIV He who sings before breakfast cires before tea.
    XV To walk under a ladder is considered dangerous or to climb a ladder on a Good Friday.
    XVI If a knife fell it is said a gentleman would come. If a fork fell it is said a lady would come to the house. It is also said if there is a straw hanging out of a hen a gentleman would come.
    XVII The morning of the First of January the first man that comes to your door with big feet it is a sign that you will have bad luck for the whole year round after
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