School: Ardfinnan (B.), Cahir (roll number 16077)
- Location:
- Ardfinnan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: W. J. Nugent
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0571, Page 216
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- Long-ago people thought it a sign of death if a picture fell, without any apparent reason.
They also thought it a sign of death if there is great stillness around the house.
If it is raining, and there is a clear sky towards the north it is a sure sign of a fine day.
- In olden times people always kept what was known as St Brigid's Band. On the night before St Brigid's Day a decade of the rosary was said, in honour of St Brigid and a piece of cloth was put out on the hedge, next day this cloth was taken in, and kept as a cure for a headache.
