School: Cashen, Baile Dubh, Tráighlí (roll number 14992)

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1. The Fire

   

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   If a sod falls out of the fire, tis a sign of a visitor to the house; if the sod is smoking, tis a sign of a man visitor smoking a pipe.
   You should always put the tongs at the right side of the fire.
   You should never bring fire across water.
   When you are going to bed at night you should rake the fire, bring in a bucket of clean water, and put the tongs at the right side of the fire, in order the good people would have them handy when they would come in.
   You should never burn a piece of elder in the fire.
   If a spark jumps out of the fire, tis a sign that you're getting money.
   If you throw the skins of an onion into the fire, you'll get money.
   You shouldn't take a coal out of the fire, while a woman is making butter.
   You shouldn't take a coal out of the fire on a Monday.
   You should never kindle the fire until every one in the house is in.
   You should never throw crumbs of bread into the fire.
   One should never read their fortune near the fire.
   It isn't right to throw ashes on the fire when raking it at night.
   You shouldn't leave clothes before the fire by night.
   You should never throw milk into the fire.
   You should never wash your feet near the fire.
   It isn't right to be near the fire late at night, because the souls want a heat of the fire.
   Long ago, the old people wouldn't let you take a coal of fire outside the door of the house.
   Tis unlucky to dry anything (i. e. a letter, writing, etc.) to a fire.

   

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