School: Ballymartin, Croom (roll number 4466)
- Location:
- Ballymartin, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Teresa Lynch
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- (continued from previous page)On New Years Morning the man of the house should come in the first (an) and say, I wish ye all a Happy New Year.
When the kettle is boiling on the fire andif it moved it would be the sign of a letter comming to the house.
If the fire falls its the sign of a visitor to the house.
If a knife falls its the sign of a man to the house
If a fork falls its the sign of a woman to the house
If soot falls its the sign of rain.
If you open an umbrella inside in a house its supposed to be the sign of rain.- Collector
- Mary Leo
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyclogh, Co. Limerick