School: Ardee (Mercy Convent) (roll number 8445)
- Location:
- Ardee, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Sr M. Angel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0669, Page 109
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1. A black cat is a lucky omen
2. A horse shoe is a lucky omen
3. It is lucky for a neighbour to turn the handle of the churn, and unlucky to go without turning it
4. If two people strike their heads together they will be buried in the same graveyard
5. If a person combs her hair at night, and if there is a ship at sea, it will sink
6. People say that you should never give another person anything sharp without getting paid for it
7. If a person breaks a mirror she will have seven years bad luck
8. If a person spills salt she should throw some across her right shoulder if not she will have bad luck
9. If two people say the same words together without knowing, whoever speaks first after this, they will have a disappointment
10. If a persons nose is itchy it is a sign he will be figthing
11. If a person's right hand is itchy its a shake hands and the left money
12. If a man with bad sight look at a bird in a cage it will die
13. If a woman's garter was hanging some of her friends(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Mc Donnell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- The Black Ridge, Co. Louth
