School: Carlanstown (roll number 884)
- Location:
- Carlanstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Gérbheannaigh
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“If you see one magpie it is a sign...”
(continued from previous page)If you fall in a graveyard it is a sign that you are going to be buried in it inside twelve months.If the fire falls it is a sign that there is someone coming.If a cat were to follow a woman it is a sign that she is going to die.(no title)
“When a cat is washing its face...”
When a cat is washing it's face which ever person he looks at first will be the first to in the house.If a strange dog passes under the window of a sick person room it is a sign he is going to die soon.If a white crow is flying around the house and anyone sick in it it is said that it is a sign that he is soon going to die.When an ass is braying it is said that there is a tinker dying.(continues on next page)