School: Allenwood
- Location:
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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worn once it will be worn three times.
The first snowdrops or the first daffodils are never brought into a house because it is unlucky.
Hawthorn is never brought into a house either. It is very unlucky to look at a new moon through a window. When a person sees a new moon for the first time he should bless himself. There was an old man living in Grangeclore West who used to make the Sign of the Cross on his stomach when he saw a new moon. A Saturday's moon is a bad moon. A moon that is full(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie Connelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Grangeclare West, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Mr Pat Lyons
- Gender
- Male