School: Mullagh (C )
- Location:
- Mullagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Elizabeth Murchan
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1003, Page 271
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- It is unlucky to do any of the following things:1. To spill salt,
2. To cut a lone bush,
3. To go under a ladder,
4. To break a mirrow,
5. To look back when briging cattle to a fair,
6.To meet a red-haired woman,
7. To see the new moon through a glass,
8. To interfere with fairy forts,
9. To cry on a Monday morning,
10. To "flit" on a Friday,
11. To open a grave on a Tuesday,
12. To start ploughing on a Saturday,
13. To get out the "wrong"side of the bed,
14. To go to the well for water after sunset,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ida Deignan
- Gender
- Female
