1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Cor na Marbh

School: Cor na Marbh (roll number 10222)

Location:
Cornamarve, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Eibhlín (Ní) Irbhin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0203, Page 096

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0203, Page 096

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Cor na Marbh
  2. XML Page 096
  3. XML “Superstitions”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Superstitions (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    year you will have good luck for the rest of the year.It is unlucky to buy anything on New year's day. It is unlucky to step across a dog. Don't let milk into a stream or the fish will take the butter. Put some salt into your can before going to milk. If a cock crows on the door step a stranger will come to the house before long. If when going on a journey you meet a magpie it is unlucky. It is unlucky to go under another person's arms.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Cecil Keyes
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullaghmore, Co. Leitrim