School: Gort Uí Chluana, Beanntraí
- Location:
- Gortacloona, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán 7 Tadhg Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0285, Page 015
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- If the cuckoo is heard for the first time with the right ear, it is a sign that all that person's undertakings for the year will be lucky. But if heard with the left ear the reverse will be the consequence.
If a person hears the cuckoo for the first time after its visit, behind him, it is regarded as a sign that he, or some near relative of his, will die before the year is out.
If on hearing the cuckoo for the first time a person raises his foot and finds under it a grey hair, it is a sign that he will live long. But if the hair is not grey he will have a short life.
If while hearing the cuckoo for the first time a person throws money from one hand to the other while the cuckoo is singing he will have enough money during the year.
- Collector
- Mary Mac Carthy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cullomane West, Co. Cork
