School: Droichead an Chláir (B.). Clarecastle

Location:
Clarecastle, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Háinlighe
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    Pisherogues.
    If you break a looking glass you would have seven years of bad luck.To meet a res hair woman and you going to a fair you would have bad luck.If you pulled a tooth you should trow it over your head or if you did not you would have bad luck.When an ass cries they say there is a tinker dead.To cut bushes in a fort you would have bad luck.To give a person making a churn you would have bad luck.To see two spoons in a cup is the sign of a marriage.To find a horse shoe on the road is a sign of good luck.A persons stockings inside out is a sign of good luck.Ivy growing on a house is the sign of bad luck.To build a cabin between two houses is unlucky because anything you would put in it they would die.To cut hair on a Monday morning is unlucky.To
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paul Shaughnessy
    Gender
    Male