School: Cashen, Baile Dubh, Tráighlí (roll number 14992)
- Location:
- Ballyduff, Co. Kerry
- Teachers: Máire de Paor Dd. Allman
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- (continued from previous page)'Tis lucky to have a black cat in a house.
You should never bring in anything on your shoulder, when you're coming in a door.
You should never cross a knife and fork on your plate after eating.
If you sing before breakfast you'll be crying before night.
If you left a spoon fall on the floor, you'ld be losing a friend.
If you left a spoon fall on the floor, you should never pick it up yourself, but you should wait for someone else to pick it up.
You should never look out the window at the full moon.
If you spill salt in the house tis a sign of a disappointment.
If you spill pepper in the house tis a sign of bad luck.
If you let anything fall when you're eating, 'tisn't right to pick it up because there's someone waiting for it.
You shouldn't sweep the kitchen out the door, because you'ld be sweeping out your luck.
'Tisn't right to answer a call at the window at night.
You should never leave the pot on the middle of the hearth when you are eating.
You should never catch the pot-rack because you'ld be washing the devil's shirt.
If you got a butterfly in the flour you'ld be making bread with, you'ld be bound to get a letter.
It isn't right to look into a looking glass going to bed at night, because you'ld get some fright.
You should never wash clothes with water from a blessed well.
You shouldn't pass through the two doors of a house with a bucket of spring water.
