School: Maio (roll number 13119)
- Location:
- Trohanny, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire Ní Chreaig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0706, Page 480
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- (continued from previous page)If there are three lamps lit at the same time, it is the sign of a death.
If there is a straw after a hen, it is a sign that a visitor is coming to the house.
Wne a peson sees a bubble on his cup of tea, he says it a sign of money coming to him.
If the cock crows after sunset, someone is going to die.
If you drink water when churning, it is unlucky.
It is unlucky to cut your nails on a Sunday.
If you leave a plough facing north, the horse will sweat, when they go in to the stable.
The headlands of of a tillage field, used to be left for the fairies, because the people were afraid they would bring all the potatoes away.
A little lump on the wick of a candle is a sign of a letter.
When a robin is standing on the window-sill, chirping, early in the morning, it is a sign of a death.
If you drop your umbrella, it is a disappointment.Get a pin, let it lie, all the day you'll have cause to cry.
Get a pin, pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck.If you let a glove or a scissors fall and someone picks it up you will get an introduction. If you pick it up yourself you will get a disappointment.If you let a knife fall a man is coming in,
If you let a fork fall a woman is coming in,
If you let a spoon fall a child is coming in,(continues on next page)
