School: Gallen
- Location:
- Gallen, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: T.R. Goodwin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0816, Page 195
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- (continued from previous page)take a headache and will never get rid of it.
(3) If a hare crosses your path you are sure to be disappointed.
(4) If a hen comes into the house with a straw hanging out of her tail it is a sign that there is a stranger coming to the house
(5) Two persons should not wash their hands in the same basin of water as it is believed it is not lucky and it will cause a falling out between them.
(6) If the cock comes near the door and crows its not lucky especially if there is a person sick in the family
(7) If you meet a black cat on the road early in the morning it is counted lucky
(8) If your forehead is itchy you will be hearing of a death shortly.
(9) If you kill (of) a cricket all the other crickets will cut your stockings.
(10) If you are churning and if you put a coal under the churn you will get a lot of butter.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rosie Coughlan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Noggusboy, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mr J. Coughlan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Noggusboy, Co. Offaly
