School: Sixmilebridge (C.)
- Location:
- Six-mile-bridge, Co. Clare
- Teacher: M. J. Walker
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0596, Page 388
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- If you meet a red haired woman when you are going on a journey in the morning it is a sign you will have bad luck for the day.
If a knife or fork falls to the floor it is the sign you will have visitors.
It is a sign of a birth or a marriage if you get two spoons in your saucer.
It is unlucky to cross fields in May.
People put Mountain Ash on their crops on May Eve to prevent anyone from taking their crops by charms.
If a sod of turf falls from the fire it is a sign that visitors are coming soon.
When, if going on a journey, you happen to meet an honest grey haired person it is said you will good luck.(continues on next page)
