School: Cashen, Baile Dubh, Tráighlí (roll number 14992)
- Location:
- An Baile Dubh, Co. Chiarraí
- Teachers: Máire de Paor Dd. Allman
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- (continued from previous page)It isn't right to kill a magpie, because you'ld have bad luck.
It is lucky to have crows build their nests in the trees around a person's house.
It is not lucky to shoot crows when they build near a house.
'Tis lucky to have sparrows build their nests around a house.
It is unlucky to kill a robinnín red-breast.
If you killed a swallow, you cows would milk blood.
If you heard the cuckoo through your left ear, it is a sign of bad luck.
If you hear the cuckoo through your right ear for the first time, you'll be lucky for the rest of the year.
If you split a magpie's tongue with a red sixpence, he'd talk.
- If a cat scrapes a chair, tis a sign of rain.
If a cat sits with his back to the fire, it is a sign of rain.
Evening red, and morning grey,
Is the best appearance of a fine day.
Evening grey, and morning red,
Makes the sailor shake his head.
If a black cat claws timber, tis a sign of rain.
