School: Rathmeage, Hackettstown
- Location:
- Rathmeague, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Tuathail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0920, Page 361
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- (continued from previous page)Signs of Stranger:
(1) Tea leaf in tea
(2) Cock crows on doorstep
(3) Gander stands on one leg
(4) If knife falls
(5) Chicken with straw in its foot
(6) Cat washing its face
(7) If dish cloth falls
(8) If turf falls from fire
Signs of Letter:
(1) Spark on top of candles
(2) Straw under hens wing
(3) Moth flying round candle
If ears are hot someone is talking about you
(Put "spit" in your ear + they will bite their tongue)
If back of your heels are cold it is freezing
Dream about man on horseback: hasty news.
Go into house with anything on shoulder + you won't grow any bigger
Kill a swallow + cow will milk blood for three meals
Kill a Willie Water wag tail + you will have seven devils after you
If you kill a weasel they'll come after you
If you break one thing you break three
If you dream about a dance - bad luck
Straight smoke in chimney in morning sign of wedding
