School: Maolach Mór (roll number 12173)
- Location:
- Meelick More, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Mac Coisdealbha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0099, Page 164
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- (continued from previous page)11. If you spill salt you will not have luck for seven years.
12. If you find a safety pin lost you should make a cross on the place where you found it.
13. You are supposed to have seven years' bad luck if you break a mirror.
14. If you leave your shoes on the table you are supposed to have a fight with someone.
15. If you let your glove fall and pick it up yourself you get a disappointment.
16. When a star falls it is supposed to be the sign of a death.
17. If you hold an umbrella over your head in a house you are supposed never to grow again.
18. People believe it is not right to carry a pack of cards at night.
19. It is said if a girl looks into a mirror at 12 o'clock on November's night it is believed that she will see her intended husband.
20. It is supposed not to be right to come alone from a wake.
21. People say it is right to bring a coal from the bonefire and to throw it into a field.
22. The first lamb you see every year if his back is turned to you, you are supposed to have bad luck.(continues on next page)
