School: Tuar, Tulach Sheasta (roll number 15526)
- Location:
- Toor, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Síghle Ní Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0540, Page 113
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- Unlucky Days1 It is unlucky to pick up anything on Monday
2 It is unlucky to throw out ashes on Monday
3 It is unlucky to cut out anything on Monday
4 It is unlucky to cut your hair on Sunday because if you do you will have to come back for it when you are dead
5 It is unlucky to take a cat with you when going into a new houseBad Luck1 To meet one magpie on the road
2 To meet a red-haired woman the first thing in the morning
3 To meet a white cat
4 To have a pigeon in a box
5 "A whistling woman or a crowing hen
The Devil is in the house they are in"
6 To walk under a ladder
7 To see a new moon through glass
8 If you break a mirror you will have seven years bad luck(continues on next page)
