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School: Nuadhan (Noan), Dúrlas Éile

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Noan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire Ní Ghormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0564, Page 352

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  1. Signs (continued)

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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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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Shaw
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Grallagh, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Shaw
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Grallagh, Co. Tipperary