School: Naomh Muire, Droichead Átha (roll number 8052)
- Location:
- Drogheda, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Sr. M. Bernard Mc Cabe
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- It is unlucky to change from one house to another on a Saturday. "Saturday's flitting is short sitting
It is said to be very unlucky to break a mirror.
If you meet a red-haired person on the way to the market you should turn back.
A baby's first journey is to be made upstairs so that it will always go up in life.
If you saw a ladder against a house you should not go under it, it is unlucky.
When a new pomp hole is opened the person who draws the first water from it should not go near it again.
It is unlucky to spill salt.
If you are going to a new house you should bring salt.
If you left a knife fall you will have a visitor a man.
If you let a fork fall you will have a visitor a women.
If you spill salt you should throw a bit over your left shoulder.- Collector
- Nancy Cluskey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Duleek Street, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Maureen Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carstown, Co. Louth