School: Mastersons (roll number 8390)
- Location:
- Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Gobnait de Búit
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- (continued from previous page)If the heart of your hand itches you will get money.
If the pot jumps on the crook it is a sign that a stranger is coming. - On the first of the borrowing days if a person borrows anything from a neighbour they will be borrowing for the rest of the year.When a person puts two spoons into a cup of tea without thinking they say a wedding will follow.
If a hen has a straw hanging to her tail you may expect a visitor.If the kettle jumps on the crook you may expect a visitor.When old people sit round a turf fire and a coal happens to fall out of the fire they say a visitor is coming to the house.Get a piece of paper and light it in the fire. If it burns out leaving a piece of it unburned(continues on next page)- Collector
- Ethel Moore
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs Moore
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim