(gan teideal) “Swallows flying high means that there will be good weather,” CBÉS 0661 Bernard Gaughran Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “If Candlemas Day is bright and clear, we may expect a wet summer.” CBÉS 0661 Bernard Gaughran Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “When old people's corns are sore we may expect rain.” CBÉS 0661 Bernard Gaughran Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “When the sky is red at sunset there will be good weather the following day.” CBÉS 0661 Bernard Gaughran Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “If swallows "count your teeth" (come close to your face as to look into your mouth) you will die within the year.” CBÉS 0661 Bernard Gaughran Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “If you eat "soill as tra" (flaggers or leaves of yellow iris) you will acquire a stammer.” CBÉS 0661 Bernard Gaughran Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “Fresh cow dung applied to a stone bruise or erysipelas will cure some.” CBÉS 0661 Bernard Gaughran Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “A child born on Whit Sunday will have the "evil blow", that is, a stone thrown from his hand will prove fatal.” CBÉS 0661 Bernard Gaughran Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “If you bathe on Whit Sunday you are sure to be drowned.” CBÉS 0661 Bernard Gaughran Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “A horse hair (of the tail) if left for nine days in water becomes an eel.” CBÉS 0661 Bernard Gaughran Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “It is unlucky to see the new moon through glass.” CBÉS 0661 Bernard Gaughran Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “Blood stains on a window pane mean a death to the house.” CBÉS 0661 Bernard Gaughran Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “The chirp of a bird chased from his nest is a cursing of his disturber.” CBÉS 0661 Bernard Gaughran Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “The best salmon of the year's first catch should be given to the Parish Priest as a thanks offering.” CBÉS 0661 Bernard Gaughran Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “Human hair should not be burned but should be stuck into a hole in a wall or a hole in an outhouse.” CBÉS 0661 Bernard Gaughran Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “If you throw a clew or ball of thread into a lime kiln on Hallow Eve night in the name of the devil...” CBÉS 0661 Bernard Gaughran Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “You should throw a fallen tooth over your left shoulder.” CBÉS 0661 Bernard Gaughran Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “If you pull three spines out of a live hedgehog with your teeth you will never suffer from the toothache.” CBÉS 0661 Bernard Gaughran Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “If you lick the belly of a "man eater" (Áirc luachra) you will have the power of healing burns.” CBÉS 0661 Bernard Gaughran, Mrs Mc Evoy Tras-scríbhinn