School: Scoil na mBráthar, Caiseal (roll number 16726)

Location:
Cashel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An Br. B. E. Ó hOireabháird
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  1. 1. Happy is the corpse that the rain rains on, and happy is the bride that the sun shines on.
    2. A snowy Christmas makes a Churchyard green.
    3. If you spill salt you will have bad luck.
    4. If you break a mirror you will have seven years bad luck.
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  2. 1. Happy is the bride that the sun shines on: Unhappy is the bride that the rain rains on.
    2. Long ago a neighbouring woman would go to a farmers place and milk some milk from a cow. On the first of May morning she would come. Then she would
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      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
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