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

Location:
Cashel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An Br. B. E. Ó hOireabháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0555, Page 277

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    going on a journey, you would have good.
    14. If you dropped a knife you would have a visitor.
    15. If you dropped a fork you would be in company.
    16. If a tealeaf floated on top of your tea when you got it you would have a lucky wife.
    17. If a hard tealeaf floated on your tea when you got it you would have a man visiting you and if a soft tealeaf floated on your tea when you got it you would have a lady visiting you.
    18. If you saw the full moon through glass for the first time in the month you would have bad luck.
    19. If you walked under a ladder, you would have bad luck.
    20. If you opened an umbrella in your house you would have bad luck.
    21. If you had two spoons in your cup you would be married twice.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Colm O' Hegarty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Charterschool Land, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs D. O' Hegarty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Charterschool Land, Co. Tipperary