School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)
- Location:
- Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Sr. Ó Donnabhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 272
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- (continued from previous page)If a person was going to the fair and met a red-haired woman, he would not have any luck at the fair. If a person breaks a mirror, it is believed he will have seven years bad luck. It is the sign of a person coming to the house, if a hen comes in on the floor with a straw to her tail and that she leaves it after her. If you sneeze on Monday, you will sneeze for danger. Sneeze on Tuesday, you will have a stranger. Sneeze on Wednesday, sneeze for a letter. Sneeze on a Thursday, something much better. Sneeze on a Friday, sneeze for sorrow. Sneeze on a Saturday see your friend tomorrow. If you set a piece of paper on fire and if a piece of it stays without being burned it is the sign you are getting a letter. If you sow where a mare would have her first foal, you would get the four leaved shamrock there.
- Collector
- Martha Mc Guire
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumard (Jones), Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Bernard Shanley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 82
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Drumard (Jones), Co. Leitrim
