School: Béal Átha Grean (roll number 9820)
- Location:
- Ballyagran, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Dónall Ó Cuill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0497, Page 353
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- Some simple pishogues are still believed in. The spilling of salt is supposed to be a sign of bad luck. Other signs of bad luck include walking under a ladder, opening an umbrella inside a house.If a knife falls it is a sign of a man visitor The falling of a fork means a woman visitorMeeting a red-haired man is supposed to be a sign of good luck. Meeting a red haired woman however is supposed to be a sign of bad luckA man on a white horse is supposed to be able to tell you how to cure the chin cough. Just do whatever he tells you.
