School: Dairbhre (Darrara), (B.) Clanna Caoilte (roll number 13125)
- Location:
- Darrary, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Riocard Ó Donnabháin
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- (continued from previous page)on the bacán of a spade while under a roof. that is in any house whether cow-shed, stable, dwelling house or any other. Great luck may be expected by a person who finds a briar rooted in two places and crawls under it.
[drawing on page showing Parent plant and adventitious root]
Other portents of good fortune are the finding of the Four leafed Shamrock and White Heather.
Also a sign of good luck to hear the cuckoo for the first time with the left ear, that is from the left.
A very lucky sign also in the choice of a sow pig, to be kept for breeding purposes, if the tail be curled to the left.
A sign of bad luck is to see the new moon for the first time through glass i.e. through the window.
