School: Dún an Ochta (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Eyrecourt, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Séamus Mac a' Bhuidhe Úna Ní Laighidh
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- Pisreóga1. It is not right to give or sell a cat or a pig to a relation.2. If a person meets a magpie it is a bad sign. It is believed that some misfortune follows it.3. To meet a red-haired woman going a journey is a sign of bad luck.4. If a person goes into a house where churning is going on it is right to take a turn at the churn fearing the butter would be taken.5. It is not right for thirteen people to sit at a table together. They say that one of them may be buried before the year is out.6. If a Priest makes a match there will be no luck in the marriage.7. They say it is not right to leave the water in which a person has washed his feet inside. If it is left inside the harm can be averted by putting a coal in it. 8. If a person spends money on New Year's Day he will be spending it every day in the year. In certain parts of the country especially(continues on next page)
