School: Sraith (roll number 16623)

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   “If a person was receiving a clutch of eggs for a present they would give a penny to the person not to take the luck of the eggs from that person”

   

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   When you see a circle round the sun it is the sign of a bad week.
   If the cock crows in the middle of the day, its the sign of good weather.
   When you see the cat scraping the leg of the table, your sure to have a storm.
   When there is a blue blazes in the fire, it is the sign of rain.
   When you see a star falling, tis the sign of frosty weather, or a soul going to heaven.
   If four swans fly over a house, it is the sign of someone out of the house is going to die.

   Making a cis. A cis is a turf booket.
   the bow made from a sally or any other tree branch ojers are light cally rods are weaved across the bow. Other sticks are twisted around it.
   When you see the robins around the door it is the sign of snow.
   When a sod falls out of the fire it is the sign of a stranger coming to the house.
   When you see two hens fighting, it is the sign of a stranger.
   When you are taking butter, to butter your bread, and the butter falls three or four time, there is a fall in the butter.
   If the tongs was cold near the fire, it is the sign of bad weather.
   If you see the stars glistening in the sky, it is the sign of rain.
   You must be hungry, as you saw the top of nine houses - this is said to a person who has walked far.
   It was the custom long ago when a person would die to get four men of the same name to carry the coffin.

   

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Kemple

   Gender

   Female