School: Achadh Eóchaille, Inis Céin (roll number 10243)
- Location:
- Aghyohil Beg, Co. Cork
- Teacher: C. Ó Ríordáin
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- The first one the cat would look at after washing his face is to die soon after.
If you broke a looking glass you wouldn't have any luck for seven years after.
If you lost your wedding ring you would die in seven years after.
If you saw a sop hanging from a hen's tail it is the sign of a funeral.
If you spilt water putting it into a kettle it is a sign that you would have an untidy husband.
"Find a pin and pick it up,
All that day you'll have good luck.
Find a pin and pass it by,
You'll need a pin before you'll die."
If you hear a cock crowing late in the evening it is a sign that someone is dying.
If a spoon falls from the table it is a sign of a lady visitor.
If you saw two hens fighting it is a sign that someone would come to the house.
If you found a heel of a shoe losing and if you(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary B. Dullea
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs D. Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilmoylerane North, Co. Cork
