School: Killurney, Cluain Meala

Location:
Killurney, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire de Brún
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    When you see a new moon through a glass for the first time...

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    talking of you.
    When your right hand is itching you are going to get a shakehands.
    Your right ear is hot when your are going to heard strange news.
    Magpies.
    One for sorrow.
    Two for mirth.
    Three for a wedding.
    Four for a birth.
    People bener throw out ashes of a Monday because they would throw out the luck.
    You should never leave the water in the house in the night time after washing your, you should throw it out far form tho door.
    If you found a horse shoe you should bring it home and hang it behind the door.
    You should never whitewash in May.
    You should never dig a grave of a Monday.
    You should never buy a brush in May.
    If you dream of a Friday and tell it of a Saturday it would come
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