School: Moys (roll number 10837)
- Location:
- Moy Otra, Co. Monaghan
- Teachers: P. Dawson C. Mac an Ghirr
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0936, Page 049
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- (continued from previous page)It is lucky to start work on a Friday.
It is unlucky to be born on a Whit Monday.
If a child is born on Whit Monday you are to take it out and bury it under the clay, and in five minutes take it in again.
If you cry on your birthday or be wicket you will be unlucky ever after.
If you go in your bare feet on Good Friday you will not have a cold the next year.
It is unlucky to kill a cock for Christmas.
To break a mirror is unlucky.
To throw a slipper after a party going on a journey is lucky.
It is unlucky to find a coal along the road.
A coal on fire thrown after a fisherman brings him good luck.
A whitethorn stick is a very unlucky companion.
A hazel switch brings good luck.
If a chair falls as a person sises it is unlucky.
It is unlucky to meet a funeral and not go back three steps with it.
Those who marry in Autumn will die in spring.
It is unlucky to see three Magpies.(continues on next page)
