School: Cnocán an Teampaill, Ros Gréine
- Location:
- Knockantemple, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Nic Aodhagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0554, Page 227
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- (continued from previous page)18 When two people are shaking hands if their hands cross it is a sign of a wedding.
19 If a dog howls in the middle of the night it is a sign of a death.
20 If a person was married three times another person would say to him "You buried one, you buried two, but the third will surely bury you".
21 It is very unlucky to harm a swan because the children of Lir were swans.
22 When a star is seen falling it is the sign of a soul going to Heaven.
23 When two hens start fighting near the door it is a sign a stranger is coming.
- Informant
- Bridget Moloney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Hill's-lot, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs Lonergan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Castleblake, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs Moloney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rosegreen, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Tom Power
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Railstown, Co. Tipperary
