School: Brittas (roll number 12217)
- Location:
- An Briotás, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath
- Teacher: B. Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 480
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- If you let your glove fall, and you pick it up yourself it is a disappointment and if you do not it is an introduction.
If you see magpies, it denotes the following,
"One, for sorrow,
Two, for joy,
Three, for a wedding,
and Four, for a boy,
Five, for silver,
Six, for gold,
Seven for a secret, that shall never be told.
If you meet a red-haired woman on the first of May, you will never have luck the rest of the year.
If you hear a banshee crying, it denotes that there is a very near friend dying.
If you hear an ass crying, it denotes that there is a tinker dead.
If the cock crows on the centre of the floor, it denotes hasty news.
- Collector
- Seamus Ó Bróinn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Briotás, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath
