School: Knocknagilla
- Location:
- Knocknagillagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Gilchrist
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- When the hen crows, someone goes.
When you break a looking glass, you will have seven years bad luck.
When you see one magpie it is for sorrow and two for joy.
When you meet a red-haired woman, if you are going to the fair, you should turn back.
On "All souls" night you should sweep the hearth stone and keep the fire lit, and put chairs all round the fire to let the souls sit on them.
When you kill a "clock", there are seven sins off you(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Andy Mc Manus
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Manus
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Greaghnagee, Co. Cavan
