School: Druim Garlaigh (roll number 11701)
- Location:
- Drumgarly, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Estér Ní Dhubhaghain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0950, Page 038
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- 1. One magpie for sorrow, two for joy, three for a wedding, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold.
2. If a person comes into your house when you are churning and does not say, "good luck to the work" there will be no butter on the churn.
3. If you are sitting at the fire and sparks fly out it is the sign of money.
4. If there is a straw from a hen's toil it is the sign of a stranger.(continues on next page)
