School: Johnstown, Arklow
- Location:
- Johnstown Lower, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Nelly Bolger
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- (continued from previous page)No matter how far from home a person dies his spirit travels all the way until it reaches his birth-place - no matter if he has to travel over land or sea
If you sow your crops after Saint Patricks Day they will flourish
Anything sown on Good Friday bears a good crop
A swarm of bees in May is worth a cock of hay
A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon
A swarm of bees in July is worth a butterfly
It is unlucky to let up an umbrella in the house
If you walk under a ladder you will grow no more
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