School: Dundalk (Dundalk Road Convent) (roll number 5387)
- Location:
- Dundalk, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Sr. M. Oliver
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- (continued from previous page)It is said that is you put boots on the table it is the sign of a fight.
It is said when winter has gone old people in the country listen for the first call of the Cuckoo. When they hear it they know that spring has really come.It was sad long ago that it you get a fall on a Whit-Sunday or Monday or get hurt the mark will never leave you.The people long ago said if you spill salt you should bless yourself three times with a pinch of the salt you have spilt or you are supposed to cry that night.It was said long ago that is you walk under a ladder that you will never grow no bigger.
- Joan Curtis (From her mother)
If a person falls up the stairs it is a lucky sign.
If you meet furniture with a dresser in it going to school and you going for a examination it is a sign that you will(continues on next page) - Collector
- Teresa Murphy
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