School: Dún an Ochta (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Eyrecourt, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Séamus Mac a' Bhuidhe Úna Ní Laighidh
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- (continued from previous page)some one else to bring luck.16. When getting married, people try to get "something new, something old, something borrowed". This is commonly believed to bring luck.17. If horses are unlucky with people they should sell a black hen and put the money got for the hen as part payment for the next horse. This will bring them luck.18. Green is supposed to be a very unlucky colour especially for brides. There is an old rhyme about it:-
"married in green, ashamed to be seen".19. If a cock crows before midnight, or about that time it is supposed to be a sign of bad news of an alarming nature.20. If a donkey cries they say a tinker is dead.21. Whatever side from which you hear the cuckoo first is the side towards which you will be looking thro' the year.22. If the first lamb you see has it's face turned to you it means you will(continues on next page)
