School: Camross, Mountrath
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 284
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- If a sod of turf fell there is someone coming in.
Tea leaves in your tea sign of visitors
Sparks from the turf, sign of money.
M on your hand - sign of marriage.
Two spoons on your saucer - sign of a Christening.
- One Magpie for sorrow.
Two for joy.
Three for a birth
Four for a wedding
Five to die.
Six for gold.
Seven for a secret never to be told.
Christina Bergin. CamrossSpots on your small finger are the sign of a gift.
Spots on your finger next the small one the sign of a friend,
Spots on your ling finger, a foe.
Spots on your finger next the long finger, a true love.
Spots on your thumb, a journey to go.
A circle around the moon is the sign of rain.
Teresa Dooley Coolrain. - Collector
- Teresa Dooley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolrain, Co. Laois
Gathered from Children in Camross School
“Rotten hatching eggs at the beginning of the year...”
Rotten hatching eggs at the beginning of the year are a terrible unlucky sign. If a dog cries it is a sign or death.
If a pass a clothes -pin on the road with the point towards you, Pass on. If the head is towards you pick it up and you will have good luck.
