School: Ráth an Tóiteáin (Burnfort), Malla (roll number 11249)
- Location:
- Burnfort, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Mac Óda (Archdeacon)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0389, Page 269
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- If you find a horse shoe on the road it is supposed to be a sign of good luck.
If you open an umbrella over yourself inside in a house it is said that you will not grow any more.
If you stepped over a person lying on the floor it is said that that person will not grow any more.
A tea leaf swimming on top of your cup of tea is supposed to be the sign of a visitor coming to the house.
When crickets come to the house it is the sign of a death in the house.
If you leave the water you wash your feet in inside at night it is said that you will have to get up in the middle of the night to empty it.
If you see a fly flying around the lamp it is supposed to be the sign of a death in the house.
If you spill salt in the morning it is the sign of a disappointment during the day.
- Collector
- Gretta Curtin
- Gender
- Female
