School: Scoil na mBráthar (roll number 16741)
- Location:
- New Ross, Co. Wexford
- Teachers: Aindrias Ó Caoilte Br Ó Cinnéide
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- If the first person you saw in the morning was a red haired woman you would have bad luck.A whistling woman and a crowing hen make the Devil run out of his den.To let a fork fall is a sign that there is a stranger coming to the house.If you whitewash a house in May you would have bad luck.If a hen enters the kitchen with a straw on her leg, a stranger would visit the house the same day.If you killed a spider it would rain.If a cock crows on the kitchen door-step you would have good luck.It is unlucky to put out a black cat.If you buy a brush on the first of May it is unlucky.If you bring home a hawthorn in May you would have bad luck.If a picture fell from the wall it is a sign that someone is going to die soon.If a spoon fell, it is a sign that you are going to receive a letter.If you look at a new moon through a window you would have bad luck.If you put a pair of boots on the table(continues on next page)
