School: Na Cnocáin (roll number 13150)
- Location:
- Knockanes, Co. Kerry
- Teachers: Bean Uí Spealáin Máiréad Ní Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0456, Page 382
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- (continued from previous page)If the left side of your nose is itchy someone is speaking badly of you. A young man must not present his future wife with a pair of shoes. If he does "she will walk away from him". A bride on her wedding day must wear
Something old, something new,
Something borrowed, something blue. A first cradle must not be a bought one. It must be a present or if nobody presents a cradle one must be provided from some neighbour who has a spare one. It isn't right to take a child out after dark.It isn't right to show a baby his reflection in the mirror until he is over 12 months.
A pregnant woman ought to get whatever particular food she gets a craze for during that period. What is sewn on Sunday must be "ripped" on Monday.
