School: Garrán Bán, Dúngarbhán
- Location:
- Garranbaun, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Maolchatha
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- (continued from previous page)24. It is unlucky to rack or comb a baby's hair until it is one year old.
25. If you fell in a graveyard it is a sign that you would be the next to be buried there.
26. If you burned elder you would be a cripple before you would die.
27. Whistling in the day is God's pray but whistling in the night is the devil's delight.
28. If you met a black cat in the morning you would have good luck for the day.
29. If the knife falls from you at table a man will come to the house and if the spoon falls from you a woman will come.
30. If you give a pin to a person without sticking it in something, you will have a fight with that person.
31. If you throw out ashes on Monday, you will be throwing out money for the week.
32. If you cut your nails on Sunday you will have bad luck for the week.
33. If you put up white-wash in May you will wipe the family away.
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