School: Tombrack (roll number 15940)
- Location:
- Tombrack, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Máighréad, Bean Uí Dhubhghaill
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- 321LuckTo find silver on a Monday is lucky.
A child born with a "caul" will have a very lucky life, and will attain riches.
A four-leaved shamrock brings luck, when it is found among the three-leafed spray.
To carry a hare's paw in your pocket brings luck.
A child born with a "double crown" on its head is supposed to have luck.
Two mag-pies seen together bring luck.
To meet a black- cat on the road is lucky.
To find a horse shoe is lucky It should be hung with the ends up-wards.
To fall upstairs is a sign of a lucky uprise in life.Peig Ni Choileain, Tombreac.
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- Collector
- Peig Ní Choileáin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Tombrack, Co. Wexford
- 1.To bring a cat across water is unlucky.
2.To break a mirror brings seven years of ill-luck
3. It is unlucky for a bride to put her left foot first across the threshold of her new home.
4. It is unlucky for a bride to visit her old home for a month after marriage.Cait Ni Thuathail (13)
