School: Knockerra (C.), Killimer
- Location:
- Knockerra, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Cholgain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0629, Page 207
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“If a cow is due to calf when the moon is full she will calf at the full tide.”
(continued from previous page)A whistling woman and a crowing hen there is no luck in the house they are in. If a person went between you and a fire you should say, "You won't go between me and death." If you opened an umbrella over your head in the house you would grow no more.
- If the rings falls when a pair are getting married they will have ill luck. If the bride's caught on a nail she would have ill-luck. It is good luck to break [ware?] at a wedding. A husband should not see his bride dressed till he sees her at the altar. A bride should not in a mirror. The one who is out last from the church will die first. The bride should wear some
Something old something new
Something borrowed something blue.
A man should always say well wear three times before a woman says it. If two hens start fighting a stranger is coming to the house. Ditto the hanger cracks. Ditto a coal falls on the hearth. If a piece of straw hangs after a fowl you will hear of a funeral. If the cock crows three times in the middle of the day the devil is near.
When an ass roars you should watch the point to which he is looking for a tinker is dead there.(continues on next page)
