School: Killyconnan (C.)
- Location:
- Killyconnan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Ní Ghabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0979, Page 178
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- If a rainbow rises and sets over the one townland, it is said someone will soon die in that townland.
If many people wash their hands in the same water it is a sign that they will have a row before long.
It is said to be unlucky to meet a red haired woman on the road.
When a mirror is broken it is a sign of seven years bad luck.
It is said when a crowd of swans gather together on a lake that some person is going to die in the neighbourhood.
It is unlucky to throw out water after sunset, as the spirits are about.
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