School: Drumgossatt (C.)
- Location:
- Drumgoosat, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Áine Nic Ghráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0930, Page 094
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- (continued from previous page)lying and have no luck until the day you are dying. People never start ploughing or sowing oats on a Saturday because its supposed to be an unlucky day. Friday is the most common day. When people see a straw on a hens back a visitor is coming. When a hen crows its for bad luck. This is a rhyme people say:- A whistling maiden or a crowing hen never brought luck since the world came in. If you break a mirror its seven years bad luck. If a knife falls from the table a man is coming and if a spoon falls a woman is coming. It is unlucky to miss a drill of potatoes or a ridge of oats. It is a sign of a death in the house. It is unlucky to go to live in a new house on a Saturday for it is said:- Saturdays flitting is a short(continues on next page)
