School: Ráth an Tóiteáin (Burnfort), Malla (roll number 11249)
- Location:
- Burnfort, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Mac Óda (Archdeacon)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0389, Page 265
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- When a star falls it is the sign of a soul going to heaven.
If you see one magpie, it is a sign of bad luck.
If you see two magpies, it is for good luck.
Three magpies, is a sign of a wedding.
Four magpies, a wake.
Five magpies, is the sign of a funeral.
Six magpies, is a sign of a christening.When crickets come to a house, it is the sign of death.
- The shape of the cow's hoof is on the grain of wheat.
- When our Lord was hanging on the cross, a little bird flew up and tried to pick the thorns out of His Sacred Head. In the attempt, a drop of the Precious Blood fell on bird's breast and stained it red. Ever since, all the birds of the robin family have red breasts.
