School: An Charraig (roll number 13839)

Location:
Carrick, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Seán Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0268, Page 026

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0268, Page 026

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    If two blackbirds are singing near a house it is the sign of good news.
    If a black cat comes into the house it is the sign of good luck.
    If you met a red haired woman early in the morning it was the sign of bad luck.
    If you buy an animal and get no luck money you will have no luck while you have it.
    If you see a spider climbing upwards if in the morning it is the sign of good luck.
    To meet a woman with geese is the sign of sickness.
    To see the moon through glass for the first time it is the sign of bad luck.
    A whistling woman and a bleating sheep are the best stock that man can keep.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
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