School: Achadh an Easa (roll number 9814)
- Location:
- Achadh an Mheasa, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Laoise, Bean Uí Chuag
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0228, Page 240
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“Any animal was born on Whit-Monday must be put under the sod as it was considered unlucky.”
(1) Any animal born on Whit-Monday must be put under the sod as it was considered unlucky.
(2) If face is washed with dew off grass on a May morning it was supposed that a person would not get sunburnt durring the Summer.
(3) If the vessels used milking cows were being washed it was consider wrong to throw rinsing water in the pond as the cows would give no more milk the rinsing water should be thrown on the green grass.
(4) If a curlew was heard at night it was thought to be the sign of bad weather.
(5) If cat sits with its back to the fire it was said to be the sign of a storm.
(6) When a cat washes its face the first person it looks at after the act was said to be the first to die.
(7) If churning was going on in a house and a man came in to put a coal in his pipe and he went out without taking(continues on next page)