School: Gallen
- Location:
- Gallen, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: T.R. Goodwin
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- (continued from previous page)(24) A whistling woman and a crowing hen is worse than the old boy in his den.
(25) If there is a black spot on your tooth it is a sign you have told a lie.
(26) When you hear the cuckoo for the first time you should look at your foot and if you get a grey hair you will live to be old but if you get a brown hair you will die very young. - (1) You should never put on elder stick on your shoulder because if you do you will never grow a bit bigger.
(2) You should never burn an elder stick because if you do you will(continues on next page)- Collector
- Rosie Coughlan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Noggusboy, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mr J. Coughlan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Noggusboy, Co. Offaly