School: Killorglin (C.) (roll number 12833)
- Location:
- Cill Orglan, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Úna Nic Choluim
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0435, Page 132
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- 48) If you saw a sop hanging to a chicken's leg it is the sign of a funeral.
49) It is very unlucky to bring flowers into a house on May Day.
50) If you let your gloves fall it is a sign of a disappointment.
51) For every knife you get when you are getting married you should give a penny to the person who you get it from.
52) If a person hanged himself it would be unlucky to wake him in a house.
53) It is unlucky to open a grave on Monday you should turn the sod on on Sunday.
54) It is unlucky to draw water after mid-night on small Christmas.
55) It is unlucky to give away milk on May Day without a pinch of sale in it.
56) It is unlucky to let out the fire if there is a person sick in the room.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Siobhán Ní Laoghaire
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cill Orglan, Co. Chiarraí
