School: Nuadhan (Noan), Dúrlas Éile

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If you find a horse-shoe or a piece of iron, it is the sign of good luck. If you break a mirror, it is the sign of seven years bad luck. If you let anything you are eating fall, it is the sign that it is wanted by some one else It is a disappointment to hit your elbow against anything accidentally. Mary Maher, Ballinaglena, Ballinure, Thurles, Co. Tipp. My father John Maher gave me this information. 55 yrars
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When a cock crows out the door it is the sign of a death, but when he crows in the door it is the sign of good luck.
When two hens fight it is the sign of a visitor
When the smoke goes up straight from the chimney it is the sign of a fine day.
When a knife falls it is the sign of a

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