School: Clais na nGearrán (roll number 2979)

Location:
Clashnagarrane, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Conchubhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0453, Page 337

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    take it to the graveyard the rest would go away.
    When a donkey brays there is a tinker dead.
    If one dreams of a man on horsback he will hear hasty news.
    A sop on a duck's tail is a sign of a funeral.
    It is bad luck to burn a pack of playing cards.
    When you are going to bed at night you should put the tongs at the side of the fire away from the door.
    If a chair fell in your getting up of it you would not grow for twelve months.
    If a mont was flying around you would get a letter. It is bad luck to take any thing from a forge.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
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