School: Monedarragh, Mostrim (roll number 7642)
- Location:
- Monadarragh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhealláin
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- (continued from previous page)5. If you have a four-leafed shamrock about you, without knowing it, you'll know if there's trickery going on.
6. It's unlucky to meet a red-haired woman, if you're going to a fair or market.
7. It's luck for a swarm of bees to come to a house, but it's unlucky for them to go away because they bring the luck away with them.
8. It's not lucky to give away milk on May morning, because whoever, you give it to, will bring the butter away with them.
9. It's not lucky to be out after nightfall on Hallow Eve Night, because the fairies be out, and might carry you away to their fort.
10. It's lucky to find a horse shoe or any kind of iron.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Kiernan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cam, Co. Longford
