School: Mastersons (roll number 8390)
- Location:
- Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Gobnait de Búit
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- If you get two spoons in your cup you are going to a christening.
If you get two knives on your plateyou will beasked to a marriage.
If the dish cloth falls out of your hand it is the sign of a visitor
If you hear the magpies chirping canly in the morning it is a sign that you are getting a letter from a distance.
If you see two hens fighting some say it is a sign of a storm others say a visitor is coming.
If sparks fly out of the fire money is coming to you.
If a smoking coal falls out of the fire you may expect a visitor who is a smoker.
It is unlucky to meet a red haired woman when you are going on a journey.
If two was in the same water, spit in it for fear of a fight.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Phyllis Davis
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Alec Davis
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Address
- Boggaun, Co. Leitrim