School: An Daingean, Cuinche
- Location:
- Dangan, Co. Clare
- Teachers: Stiofán Mac Clúin Treasa Ní Chonmara
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5.38 Unlucky Acts.
To go into a house especially when someone is sick when going to a funeral.
To pick up anything especially a piece of iron on May morning.
To hang up a horseshoe with with the heels turned downwards on the wall of a kitchen.
To put the shoe taken off a dead horse on alive one.
To strike against a horseshoe with the heels turned away from you on the road.
To lend a 'dosing' bottle for dosing cattle.
A woman to lose her wedding ring.
To kill a weasel.
A lizard to come into the house.
A white cricket to come into the house.
To knit, sew or to work any kind of machines on St.Martin's Day.
A woman with child to fill pig's puddings.
To look into a mirror at night.
To give away hatching eggs without receiving a penny or(continues on next page)
