School: Garrán Bán, Dúngarbhán
- Location:
- Garranbaun, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Maolchatha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0646, Page 146
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- (continued from previous page)12. A whistling woman and a crowing hen
There is no luck in the house they're
in.
13. If a cock crows in the night it is a sign that there is somebody dying.
14. When you hear an ass braying that a tinker is dead.
15. If you hear the cuckoo before you
see the swallow
You'll spend the year with sickness
or sorrow.
16. It is unlucky to throw out the ashes on a Monday.
17. If you drop a knife during a meal it is a sign that a visitor is going to come to your house.
18. Nuair labhrann an chuach ar crann
gan duilleabhar
Díol do chuid stuic agus ceannaig
arbhair
19. It is not right for a near relation of a dead person to carry the coffin or touch the clothes belonging to the wake.
20. If you saw a burnt paper flying out the chimney some one would die in the house before the end of the year.
21. It is unlucky to go to a spring well after sunset in the evening.
22. If a picture fell off the wall it is a sign that someone in the house is going to die.
23. It is unlucky to put on your left shoe first but to put on the right shoe first is lucky.(continues on next page)
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