School: Tuar, Tulach Sheasta (roll number 15526)
- Location:
- Toor, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Síghle Ní Riain
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- (continued from previous page)8 To turn back when going on a journey
9 It is unlucky for thirteen to sit at a table because one will soon die
10 It is unlucky for three people to light their pipes or cigarettes with the one match because one of them will soon die
11 If you strike a person with an alder he will grow no taller
12 If you open an umbrella over you in a house you will grow no taller
13 If you walk over a brush Lucky Days1 It is lucky to go in to a new house on Friday
2 It is lucky to begin work of any kind on a FridayGood Luck1 To meet two magpies
2 To have a black cat in the house
3 To pick up a horse-shoe
When a person finds a horse-shoe it is lucky to spit on it and throw it away. Others say that when he finds a horse-shoe he should put it where nobody would find it(continues on next page)
