School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)
- Location:
- Cluain Fhéich, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Sr. Ó Donnabhair
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- (continued from previous page)a hen it is a sign of a stranger.
- If a person is looking down in the ground when he hears the first cuckoo it is a sign that he will be buried before that day twelve months.
If a person looks on the sole of his foot when he hears the first cuckoo and if he finds a grey hair on his foot it is a sign he will comb a grey head.
It is said when you go into a chapel the first time you should make a wish.
When the first person was buried in a Graveyard it was said that others had to stand at the gate until another corpse is buried there.
If a person going a long journey met another person on the way he would have to turn back and go three steps with him for good luck.
If a person lost animals and found them in a place where fairies would live it is a sign of bad luck.
If a fortune teller came to you they could(continues on next page)- Collector
- Gertie Bohan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Doireán, Co. Liatroma
- Informant
- James Reynolds
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- An Doireán, Co. Liatroma