School: Scairt Liath, Mainistir na Corann (roll number 2805)
- Location:
- Scartlea Upper, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Traolach Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0393, Page 229
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- (continued from previous page)bonfire and then put a piece of it in the garden so that the potatoes might not blacken. When people went walking late at night they carried a hazel stick because it is blessed. When a cock crows before twelve o'clock it is a right to leave what you are doing, quench the light and go to bed.
- It is unlucky to get married on a Friday. It is unlucky to have a person wear green clothes at a wedding. It is very lucky to see a black cat as one is going to his wedding. If one magpie is seen it brings good luck, two brings bad luck, three foretell a wedding, four a funeral, five a gift of silver, six a gift of gold, seven a story that has never been told. To meet pigs on the road on Sunday is very unlucky. Should a man meet a foxy haired girl when he is going fishing he would have no luck that day. To see a star near the moon is a sign of rain. The water used in washing a corpse should not(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Séan Ó Rónáin
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Maighréad Bean Uí Rónáin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- East Ferry, Co. Cork
