School: Drumacoon (roll number 351)
- Location:
- Drumacoon, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Ó Grianáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0950, Page 358
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- OmensIf you spill salt you will have bad luck.If a knock is heard at the door and nobody at it, it is a warning of death.If your left hand is itchy it is a warning you are going to receive money.If here is a tick heard in the wall and anyone sick in the house they call it the dead watch but it is only a little beetle chewing at the wood.If you get two spoons in your cup it is a sign of a christening.If you meet a man or a woman with red hair you will have bad luck.If you meet a person's wraith on the road it is a sure sign he will die soon.If you meet one magpie you will have good luck.If you meet three it is a sign of a marriage.To meet a weasel is a sign of bad luck.If a coal falls out of the fire you will have a visitor.If there is a person sick in the house and the beansidhe is heard it is a warning he will die.A straw hanging to a hen's tail is a sign of a visitor.If a black cat crosses your path it is a sign of bad luck.If the rooster crows in the middle of the night it is a sign of bad luck.If you hear a bell in your ear it is a sign of a death.If you talk to a spirit you will die soon after.If you cross water on Whit Sunday you will have bad luck.(continues on next page)
