School: Clochar Loreto, An Uaimh (roll number 16100)
- Location:
- Navan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Colm
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0699, Page 102
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- 1. To break a mirror seven years bad luck is supposed to follow.
2. To touch a cricket is unlucky
3. To put a boot on the table is a sign of a quarrel.
4. To spill salt on the table is a sign of bad luck.
5. To meet a lot of donkey's on the way to business is the sign of good luck.
6. To let a knife fall is the sign of a coming of a man to the house.
7. To walk under a ladder is unlucky.
8. If a picture falls off the wall it is a sign that someone in the house is going to die.
9 To letting a red haired woman into the house is bad luck.
10. To meet a red haired woman(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Dolly Palles
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr Palles
- Gender
- Male
