School: Ballyjamesduff Convent
- Location:
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Sr. Mary Theresa
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- In olden times the people were very superstitious.
If a rat or weasel ran across the road in front of them going on a journey they wouldn't go because they would have bad luck.
There is a rhyme about magpies.
"One for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a girl
Four for a boy,
Five for silver,
Six for gold,
And seven for stories that have never been told".
If you met a donkey on the road the first thing in morning it is a sign of good luck.
The old people say that on the 6th of February the dormouse comes out of his hole and if he sees his shadow, that is if the sun is shining he goes back in and we will have six weeks of rain.
If men were going to a fair and met a red-haired man or woman they would turn back.
