School: An Tulach Mór (roll number 11047)
- Location:
- Tullamore, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Gearóid Mac Piarais
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- (continued from previous page)at cards he sometimes turns his coat or he gets up and walks round the chair and the cards "come back" to him.
It is not right to stay up alone at night when a horse is foaling.
If you hear a dog's guts rattling when he is lying near the fire it is a sign of rain.
A cock crowing in the middle of the night is a sign that someone is dead.
A tea leaf floating in the tea is a sign that a letter is coming to you.
When a cat sits close to the fire 'tis a sign of bad weather.
If you are going on a journey and to see a hare crossing the road it is an unlucky journey to you.
If you see a horse-shoe on the road when you are walking it is the sign of luck to(continues on next page)
