School: Moyaugher (roll number 4523)
- Location:
- Moyagher, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Choileáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0695, Page 409
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- Pishogues etc.1. A calf's ear was cut on the first Friday after it's birth, for luck
2. If a hen crows it is a sign of a death. A whistling woman and a crowing hen will never come to good end.
3. If the cock crows at night it is a sign of bad luck
4.If you chance to put on a garment wrong side out, don't change it, or your luck will change.
5. If a hare crosses the path of a pregnant woman, she must tar her skirt or petticoat immediately or the child will have a hare lip.
6. It is lucky to find a bright piece of metal, it is lucky to carry a piece of iron.
7. It is unlucky to meet a red haired woman first thing in the morning.
8. The magpie superstition here is,
One for sorrow, two for mirth
Three for a wedding and four for birth
9. Lucky is the bride that the sun shines on.
Happy is the corpse that the rain rains on.
- Collector
- Mary Collins
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
