School: Raharney (B.)
- Location:
- Raharney, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Ó Conmhidhe
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0727, Page 125
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- (continued from previous page)three for a wedding, and four for a boy, five for England, six for France, seven for a piper, and eight for a dance.
Unlucky Things
It is unlucky to meet a red hairied woman. To let a baby fall out of your arms at the door-step. To let a young child look into a looking glass. To kill a swallow or a robin. To hit a person with an alder stick because the Cross was made from the same timber. To kill a cat. To kill a man. To take anyones beads. To curs a cow or a heifer.
lucky
To find a horse shoe is the sign of luck.
To meet a black cat is a lucky sign. Crickets coming in to a house is a lucky sign.
To see sparks flying up the chimney is the sign of money to the house.
When sparks fly from the fire toward a person they say money is going to him.
A crowing hen and a whistling are unlucky.
