School: Rathoe, Tullow
- Location:
- Rathtoe, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: T. Mac Giobúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0910, Page 189
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- 1. Spilling of salt is a sign of quarrels.
2. It is an omen of seven years' bad luck to break a mirror.
3. To trip over a mat, is a sign of a wedding.
4. If you sing before breakfast you'll cry before night.
5. It is an omen of misfortune if thirteen people are seated at a dinner together.
6. If a knife falls on the floor a man will visit the house, but if it be a fork a lady will arrive.
