School: Drumatemple (B.) (roll number 7496)
- Location:
- Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Michael Quinn
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- (continued from previous page)year is out.
- 31 If the tail of your coat is turned up it is a sign you are getting a present
32 If swans pass over a house it is a sign of trouble.
33 If a part of a new house falls it is a sign of a death.
34 If you want to increase your amount of butter go out on May morning before the sun rises and milk your neighbours' cows.
35 It was considered lucky for a person to have a churn set on the centre of a meara before sun-rise on a may morning as you would have your neighbour's butter for the year.
36 It was thought lucky if you were going to a fair and to get out the left hand side of the bed.
37 When a couple were about to be married they were brought out under the hen's roost and the dirt of it shaken down on them.
38 A coal of fire would not be allowed(continues on next page) - Collector
- Peter Keane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonruff, Co. Galway
