School: Clonmacnoise
- Location:
- Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: P. Ó Maolmhuaidh
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- (continued from previous page)foot first or they will have bad luck all their lives.
9. To hear a cock crowing late at night or at an unusual hour of the day is a sign of great danger.
10. To see two magpies is a sign of good luck.
11. To meet a black-haired woman on the road when going on an errand is very lucky.
12. The sign for war is to see dark red stripes through the sky.
13, When the haw-thorn is covered with blossoms until it looks like snow, it is a sign of war.
- 1. It is said that long ago a man would not be let light his pipe in a neighbour's house when churning in May, because he would bring away the luck of(continues on next page)
