School: Beann Gulban (roll number 3301)
- Location:
- Kiltykere, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Mhic Giolla Mhártain
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- (continued from previous page)If you meet a funeral on your wedding day you will have a short unhappy life. A bride should wear
"Something old, and something new;
Something borrowed, something blue."If you see two cocks fighting; before setting out on a journey; you will meet someone you would not wish to meet.When a horse dies you should buy something made of iron with the money you get for the skin. If two people wash in the same water they will quarrel; unless the last one spits in it before washing. When you sell a sheep you shouldn't buy an animal with hair on it; for the money. If you buy a cow, and the person from whom you buy her begrudges her to you there will be no butter on the milk: to get back the butter; go to the house of the person from whom you bought the cow and take some of the thatch home with you: rub it to the inside of the churn and the butter will return. If you go astray at night; turn your coat inside out and all will be well.
