School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 17_024
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- (continued from previous page)A Cuckoo
If a cuckoo flies over a house people say that there will never be luck in that house again.
A Coal.
If you bring out a coal out of the fire and if you do not put a sod of turf on the fire instead you will bring out every thing that is in the house.
A Shoe.
When going out the door to get married the people of the house throw an old shoe or the tongs after the bridegroom and the bride.
A ladder
If a child goes out under a ladder he will never grow or if he goes in a door with a stick on his back he will never grow.
Dog.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Bernard Grady
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonskill, Co. Mayo
