School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gortaveha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 07_017
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Piseoga.
At Saint Martins if you had two horses you should kill two cocks.
A cat o be washing his face and the first one he would look at they would did first.
A sop to be hanging off a hen is the sign of a funeral.To be stirring the hangers you would be washing the devils shirt behind the door.
If a spoon falls a woman will visit the house.
A sod to fall from the fire shows that someone is coming in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Julia Corry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derryfadda, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Thomas Corry
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Derryfadda, Co. Clare
