School: Gleann Doire (C.) (roll number 10404)
- Location:
- Glenderry, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Cáit Bean Uí Gléathabhúir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0417D, Page 06_016
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old proverb related concerning a magpie "one for sorrow, two for joy, three for a wedding and four for to die."
It was considered that the meeting of a red haired person setting out on a journey, was a sign that a person would not succeed in his travels. If a bird flapped his wings against the window, it was a sign of death. Thirteen persons never sat down to a table together. If two hens were seen fighting, it was a sign the visitors were to come.
There are natural signs which every person believes in. A rainbow is a sign of rain. If the evening is grey and the morning is red, it makes the sailor shake his head,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie Casey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballylongane, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- John Casey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
