School: Whitecross, Julianstown (roll number 3380)
- Location:
- Whitecross, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Criostóir Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0685, Page 256
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- (continued from previous page)14. If you have a house and by some reason you have to go back to it you should not go out of it without sitting down for a few moments.
15. It is lucky to find a safety pin.
16. If you see the moon through glass or through trees it is a sign of bad luck.
17. If you met a white horse first thing in the morning it is a sign of good luck.
18. It is a sign of bad luck to see one magpie and it is a sign of good luck to see two.
19. If you break a cup or any other article you should break it again into smaller pieces or you will break something else.
20. When you have anything that some one admires and they don't day "God Bless it" you should say it yourself or some evil will befall it.
21. If you are at a wake you should touch the corpse or you will dream about the person.
22. When your nose is itchy it is the sign of a row.
23. When your hand is itchy you are going to get money.
24. If a spark flies out of the fire and flies in your direction it is a sign you are going to get money.
25. Two spoons are the sign of a wedding and three are the sign of a christening when they are put(continues on next page)
