School: Mungraid (B.) Luimneach (roll number 14409)
- Location:
- Mungret, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Mrs B. Mulroy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0528, Page 114
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- (continued from previous page)I have the key.It is unlucky for a youngster to strike an old person
It is unlucky to throw away milk
It is unlucky to meet a red haired woman or a cross eyed man
It is unlucky to build a bit to the west end of the house
It is unlucky to cross the road to live when you get married
Tis unlucky to root up a fort
It is unlucky to see a magpie on a cows backIt is unlucky to count the chickens while the eggs are hatching
It is unlucky for a bird or a hen to peck the windowIt is a sign of an unwelcome visitor if a bird hops into the houseIf the cock crows at five o'clock in the morning or about ten o'clock at night it is a sign that a death will take place in the familyIt is unlucky to have a whistling woman in the houseIf a hen crows it should be taken and thrown into a three Méirin stream so that(continues on next page)
