School: Clonfinlough, Athlone

Location:
Clonfinlough, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
E. Ní Mhionacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 262

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 262

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    husband.
    If you dry a letter by the fire you will not get a reply to it.
    If one magpie cries near a house in the morning, it is a sign that someone in the house will get a letter.
    When setting eggs to hatch, they should be always set at night, when the hawk is asleep, this prevents the hawk taking the chickens when they come out.
    A setting of eggs should never be given away without charging some money for them.
    If the cock crows at twelve o'clock at night, death or misfortune will come into that house.
    When the dish cloth falls it is a sign a stranger is coming to visit that house.
    When a knife or a fork falls a gentle man visitor will come to visit
    When a swarm of bees come around a house good luck will to that house
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Lowe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowkeel, Co. Offaly