School: Clonmacnoise
- Location:
- Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: P. Ó Maolmhuaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 125
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- (continued from previous page)on the tea-pot before you out it down to draw, some one will come into the house before the tea is drank.
8. If a spoon falls you are going to have a woman visitor.
9. If a knife falls it is a man, but if a fork falls some one is coming in that you don't want to see.
10. If you spill salt it is a sign of trouble for you, but if a plate or anything else is between you and the salt, you will escape the trouble. When you spill salt throw a grain of the spilled salt over your left shoulder to put away the harm.
11. If a person comes into your house, and you are churning and if he dopes not take the dash he takes away all your butter.
12. If a coal falls from the fire out on the hearth it is a sign of a visitor.
13. When you wash your feet at night you should throw out the
