School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)
- Location:
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033B, Page 02_037
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- 1. A cat sneezing is the sign of fine weather.
2. If there is itch on a person's knee it is the sign that he will be kneeling in a strange church
3. To see a grey or white horse in the night is very unlucky
4. If a person lets anything fall it is the sign of a disapointment.
5. If a person comes in one door and goes out another door he will bring the luck from that house.
6. When a man is going on a long journey in the night he should turn(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Flannery
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Flannery
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Michael Fahy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Cartron, Co. Galway
