School: Naoimh Ióseiph (roll number 15628)
- Location:
- Boyle, Co. Roscommon
- Teachers: Mícheál Ó Mainnín Pádraig Ó Cinnéide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0235, Page 121
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- (continued from previous page)get out the carriage and in due time the carriage was out. The man did not notice that they had no heads until they were gone. When the man noticed this he fainted, and in the morning when he awoke he was at his own door.
- If a coal falls out of the fire a stranger will enter.
If you spill salt you will quarrel with someone.
If you put your lelt boot first on your feet it is a sign of bad luck.
One mag-pie for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a girl
and four for a boy.
To meet a red-haired woman in the morning is bad luck.
A black cat for good luck, and a brown cat for bad luck.(continues on next page) - Collector
- William Burke
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Patrick Burke
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 67
- Address
- Boyle, Co. Roscommon
