School: Mín Bán (roll number 15394)
- Location:
- Meenbane, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Coluim
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- When a person goes into a house and anyone is eating he says,"good luck to the eating, good may it do you"When a person goes into a byer and anyone is milking, he says,"good luck to the work".Never let a baby look at itself in the mirror until it is a year old.Never cut a baby's nails until it is a year old.It is not lucky to start a job on Saturday.It is not lucky to see a hairpin on the road and let it lie.If there is a black spot on a person's teeth he has told a lieIf one counts the teeth of a comb he will die in that number of years.Never cut a holly bush because it is not lucky.If pigeons come about a house it is bad luck.Blow your breath three times on milk before putting in on the fire to boil, to keep away the smokeThe first one to find a baby's first tooth must buy it something.If there is a straw hanging to a dog's(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Molly O' Boyle
- Gender
- Female