School: Naomh Coinneach, Borris-in-Ossory (roll number 13953)

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1. Folklore (continued)

   

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   left open for the fairies to pass through.
   (8) If you kill a butterfly of a spider it is sure to rain.
   (9) If you let your glove fall you should never pick it up yourself, but get some one to pick it up for you. If you don't you will get a disappointment.
   (10) If you find a penny on a Monday morning you will have good luck all that week.
   (11) If one person is going up the stairs and another person is coming down it, they should not pass, for people say it is unlucky.
   (12) If you are in company, you should never light three cigarettes with the one match, that is unlucky also.
   (13) When a donkey is heard crying it is a sure sign that a tinker is dead.
   (14) If a cock comes in the door, turns around, and crows out it is a sign of a death in the house.
   (15) If the cock comes in the door, and crows in, it is a sign that some good luck is coming into the house.
   (16) If you are going on a journey at night, and if you meet a black cat on you way, you will have good luck.
   (17) If a person is very sick in bed, and if a robin flies in through the window, and sings on the bed it is a sign of death to that person.
   (18) If a person is sick in bed, and if a dog lies down

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Herbert O' Carroll

   Gender

   Male