School: Clonmacnoise
- Location:
- Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: P. Ó Maolmhuaidh
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- XML “Itchy Signs”
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- 1. If your nose is itchy it is the sign, that you are going to fight with someone.
2. If your shin-bone is itchy you will be at a funeral.
3.If the sole of your foot is itchy you will be walking in a strange place.
4. If you lips are itchy, it is a sign of a kiss.
5. If your eye-brow is itchy, you will be having a drink with someone.
6. If the palm of your left hand is itchy, it is the sign that you are getting money. If the right palm is itchy it is a shake-hands
7. If you left ear is itchy, it is the sign that someone is talking good of you, and if your right ear is itchy, it is the sign that someone is talking bad of you.
8. When you feel your ears burning who-ever you think is talking, say their name(continues on next page)
