School: Monedarragh, Mostrim (roll number 7642)
- Location:
- Móin na Darach, Co. an Longfoirt
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhealláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0770, Page 097
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- 1. "You should tie a red string on cattle's legs - afraid anyone would give them the evil eye"
2. "No one should throw ot water after sunset.."
3. "It's not right to give a clocking hem away, without taking money"
4. "It's not lucky for onions to be stole, they'll never grow with you after"
5. "If a clocking hen is stole, the owner will have no luck with her hens for seven years.
6. If a cat sits with her back to the fire it's a sign of storms.
7. If a hen comes into the house with a straw on her foot, you'll have a stranger that day.(continues on next page)
