School: Druim na dTréad
- Location:
- Drumnatread, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Stonndúin
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- (continued from previous page)"One for sorrow
Two for joy
Three for a girl
And four for a boy
Five for silver
Six for gold
Seven for a young man
And eight for an old".
Its said to be unlucky to find a pin on the road and the point of it towards you. It is said it is lucky to find a horse shoe and to lift it and carry it a piece of the road. There are no superstitions about seeing the first star or lamb or foal. It is said that a four-leafed shamrock will grow for seven years in a place where a mare foals.
It is considered very unlucky to start work on Saturday for "Saturday's flit makes a short sit". If a person gets a new pair of boots on Friday he shouldn't wear them until Monday or he will have them a very short time. There are some superstitions about getting married on the different days of the week. The following is the rhyme that was made.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Josie Murtagh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bindoo, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Murtagh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bindoo, Co. Cavan