School: Teamhrán (B.) (roll number 14833)
- Location:
- Tavraun, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: S. Mac Conmara
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- It is believed that if a man is going on a journey and if he see a woman coming towards him he will turn back until he sees a man coming towards him and then he will have luck.If a person is going on business and if he meets a red haired woman he will have bad luck.If a person is going to a certain place and if he gets a pin lost he will have luck for that day.When a man goes into a house and if the people of the house are making a churning the man would help them because the people of the house might think that he was stealing the butter. As a safeguard against this the woman of the house puts a grain of ashes under the churnIt is believed if a person enters a house it is considered to be unlucky to go out the opposite door.It is also believe to be unlucky to take a coal out of a house where there is a sick person.If a person dies in a house it is lucky to keep the [-] door that was opened when the person died opened until the funeral is over.When a funeral is passing by a house the door should be kept shut.(continues on next page)
