School: Dundalk (St. Nicholas Monastery) (roll number 16719)
- Location:
- Dundalk, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Br. T. Ó Briain
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- (continued from previous page)good luck or bad luck.
If a person sees a white horse and if he spits out, wishes, and tramps the ground three times, he will have good luck.
When people hear a donkey bray, they say it is the sign of a storm.
People say that a rat brings ill luck. - If two magpies are seen together it is the sign of a marriage. If three of them are seen together, it is the sign of a christening.
A wren is supposed to bring bad luck, and a starling good luck.
A swan is supposed to bring(continues on next page)- Collector
- Seán Murphy
- Gender
- Male