School: Rosmead (roll number 7212)
- Location:
- Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: E. Lynch
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- 1. If you hit anyone with an Elder stick you will not grow any bigger.
2. It is unlucky to burn an elder stick.
3. If you break a mirror you will have bad luck for seven years.
4. It is unlucky to meet a red haired woman on a Monday morning going to a fair.
5. One magpie is for sorrow two for joy three for a wedding, and four for a wake.
6. It is unlucky to go into a house and the people churning and you did not give a hand at it the people would say you would bring the butter with you.
7. It is unlucky to see a new moon out through glass or trees.
8. It is unlucky to have thirteen sitting round a table.
9. A girl should wear a blue frock when she is getting married.
10. It is unlucky to get married in brown or a grey frock.(continues on next page)- Collector
- May Gaffney
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Gaffney
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Clonarney, Co. Westmeath