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School: Cloncarneel

Location:
Cloncarneel, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Bhreacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0695, Page 263

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  1. Lucky and Unlucky Omens (continued)

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    To cut a lone bush is unlucky.
    To hear a hen crowing is unlucky
    If you kill a swallow the cows will give red milk. If rats come into the house someone is going to die.
    It is unlucky to bring a cat to a new house.
    It is unlucky to bring into a house a white thorn blossom.
    If you were coming home from a funeral you should not go into anybody's house or someone in that house will die before the year is out.
    If a cock crows in the middle of the night it is a sign of bad luck.
    If you hatch the first layings of a young goose's eggs you will have bad luck.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Janie Dunne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloncarneel, Co. Meath