School: Connach, Inis Céin (roll number 10557)

Location:
Connagh, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire Ní Ghealbháin
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  1. 1 It is unlucky to give away money on Monday.
    2 It is unlucky to visit the sick on Monday and Friday.
    3 It is unlucky to remove a cat from one house to another.
    4 It is unlucky to make a grave on Monday.
    5 It is unlucky for two people out of one house get married in the one year.
    6 It is unlucky to bring in white thorn on the first of May
    7 It is unlucky to meet a black cat at night
    8 It is unlucky to remove from one house to another on Lent or on Friday
    9 It is unlucky to walk under a ladder
    10 It is unlucky to knock the walls of an old house
    11 It is unlucky to meet a foxy woman first in the morning.
    12 It is unlucky to strike a person with a brush.
    13 It is unlucky to return to the
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tim O' Leary
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Dromfeagh, Co. Cork