School: Dundalk (Dundalk Road Convent) (roll number 5387)
- Location:
- Dundalk, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Sr. M. Oliver
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- (continued from previous page)If two persons wash together in the same water it is the sign of a row.If a person let's a glass fall it is the sign of bad luck for seven years.If you spill salt it is the sign of bad luck.If a person's nose is itchy and they rub it it is the sign of a row.Kathleen Dolan
(From her cousin)
- If one magpie crosses your path in the morning it is the omen of bad luck. If two it is an omen of good luck.
If a dog whines all during the night it is a sign of death. If a light is seen going all round the house it is a sign of death.
If the cock crows in the night it is the sign of a death.
