School: Donore (roll number 6668)
- Location:
- Donore, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad Nic Eóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0682, Page 143
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- Unlucky Omens:1. To meet a red-haired woman early in the morning.
2. To go to a new house on a Saturday.
3. To meet a magpie on your way.
4. To walk under a ladder.
5. To cut or injure a "lone" bush.
6. To put up an umbrella in a house is the sign of a death in the house.
7. If you hit anyone with an elder stick he will not grow another inch.
8. If you miss a drill when planting potatoes it is unlucky.
9. To fall on the step of a church.
10. If you break a mirror you will have seven years bad luck.
11 A crowing hen is very unlucky, and if you hear her crowing you should throw her across a double ditch.
12. A whistling woman is very unlucky.
13. It is unlucky to sing before your breakfast.
14. To let the comb fall while combing your hair is the sign of a death.
15. It is very unlucky to mock anyone because you may be afflicted with the same disease yourself.Gerard Victory (Scoláire)
- Collector
- Gerard Victory
- Gender
- Male
- Lucky Omens:
1. To put your clothes on inside out and leave them on.
2. A black cat.
3. To have a hole in your boot and walk through a field on a wet day without getting a wet foot.(continues on next page)
