School: Mullagh (B)

Location:
Mullagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
James Drury
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1003, Page 052

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  1. To see the new moon through a glass.
    To throw water out on hallow Eve night.
    If you burn potato stalks you will have no luck for seven years.
    To meet a red haired woman on the road is unlucky.
    To see a black cat.
    To see a Magpie.
    To marry persons on Tuesdays or in the Month of May
    To start ploughing on a Tuesday or on a Saturday.
    To walk under a ladder.
    To carry a spade on your shoulder when you are going into a house.
    To break a mirror.
    To spill salt.
    To walk over a horse shoe or a pin.
    To jump over anybody's fishing rod.
    To get out the wrong side of bed in the morning.
    To turn your clothes insideout and then to put them back the right way.
    To dig a grave on a Saturday.
    To move from one house to another on a
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Robert Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rosehill, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr P. Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Rosehill, Co. Cavan