School: Scoil na mBráthar, Loch Garman (roll number 16742)

Location:
Wexford, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
An Br. D. C. Ó hÉilighe
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  1. If a person breaks a looking glass he will have seven years bad luck.
    If a person gives you a gift of a knife it will cut the friendship.
    If a person falls from a wall, someone in that house is going to die.
    If a spark flies out of the fire it denotes money.
    If two persons went on a stairs it denotes a quarrel and the person coming up always gets the worst of it.
    If you put your boots on the table in the morning it denotes a quarrel.
    Marriage
    Monday for heath,
    Tuesday for wealth,
    Wednesday the best day of all.
    Thursday for losses,
    Friday for crosses,
    And Saturday the worst day of all.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Sinnott
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drinagh, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mr J. Morris
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Drinagh, Co. Wexford