School: Cill Mháille (C.), Inis (roll number 14469)
- Location:
- Kilmaley, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Nóra Ní Asaoid
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- If you wear your stocking or shirt unintentionally with the wrong side turned out, it is a sign of luck for the day.
The superstition regarding the number "13" does not seem to be held by the old people in this district
The spilling of salt does not seem to be Irish either
The breaking of a looking glass or picture is considered unlucky, also the breaking of cups or saucers.
If you get a horseshoe in the way that the horse wears it, it is lucky.
A whistling woman or a crowing hen
Brings no luck to the house they are in
A rush out of a hen's tail is a sign of a funeral.
If you visit a house where a woman is going to have a baby, you must go out the same door as you entered. (I have known where this happened)(continues on next page)
