School: Tiercahan
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- Tircahan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Riain
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- Superstitions about Flowers, and trees
When a first primrose or daisy appears in the early Spring, it is not right to pull it and bring it into the house. If it is brought in, small flocks of chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys will be the rule in that house the whole year.
It is counted very unlucky to bring in white thorn to the house.
It is unlucky to bring Holly to the house until Christmas time.
It is unlucky to strike bird, beast or man with a holly stick. (holly)
If haws are plentiful expect a good season!
" A Haw year is a breaghyear" is an old saying
" A Sloe year is a woe year" is an old saying
If the cuckoo sings on a bare haw thorn bush expect a bad season, and bad crops.
A lone white thorn or black thorn must never be touched. A flower or blossom must not be plucked off it. There is a lone hawthorn just beside the school and over a well. The smallest chid in Tiercahan school would not touch a branch. They all know its unlucky. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.