School: Annaglogh (roll number 7558)
- Location:
- Aghnaglogh, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Dll. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0958, Page 132
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- 1. Lucky to find iron.
2. " " get double yolked egg.
3. " to be at the well first on May morning.
4. Black cat is lucky.
5. Lucky to find a pin.
6. " " " a horse shoe with curved end facing you.
7. " " meet a donkey.
8. Cock crowing outwards from door - lucky.
9. Lucky for cat to come to the house.
10. Two magpies are lucky.
11. Lucky to get a farthing.
12. A heifer's heifer fills the byre.
13. Dishcloth falling - sign of a visitor.
14. Straw on hen's tail sign of a stranger coming
15. Unlucky to strike anything with the boor-tree
16. Unlucky to wash your hands in running water after milking.
17. Unlucky for a frog to come into the house
18. " to meet a red haired woman first in the morning
19. Unlucky to meet a woman with a green dress on May morning
20. Sign of death to see a pigeon coming to the house
21. One magpie is unlucky
22. Seven yrs. bad luck to break a looking glass
23. Unlucky to look into a looking glass after night(continues on next page)
