School: Whitecross, Julianstown (roll number 3380)
- Location:
- Whitecross, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Criostóir Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0685, Page 255
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- 1. If you meet a red haired woman first in the morning it is the sign of bad luck.
2. It is not lucky to turn back after starting a journey.
3. It is lucky to meet a black cat early in the morning.
4. If you break a mirror you will have seven years bad luck.
5. If you put up an umbrella in the house you will have bad luck.
6. If you break three pieces delph you should break three matches.
7. If the two ends of the rainbow meet in the same townland it is the sign of a death.
8. One magpie is for sorrow. Two is for joy. Three is for a marriage, and four is for none.
9. If you let a knife fall it is the sign of good luck.
10. If you let a glove fall it is the sign of a disapointed and if someone lifts it up for you it is the sign of an interduction.
11. If you kill a spider you will have seven years bad luck.
12. If you spill salt it is the sign of a row.
13. It's unlucky to move into a new house on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday and it is lucky to move into it on a Tuesday or Thursday.(continues on next page)
