Abstract: Story collected by Mary O' Malley, a student at Eaglais school (Burren, Co. Mayo) (no informant identified).
Original reference: 0089/2/39
School Eaglais [Vol. 0089, Chapter 0002]
County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Mayo Schools
Eaglais [duchas:4345746]
If you see a butterfly flying around the lamp at night it is the sign of a death. When a person is buried it is not right to open that grave for seven years. If you hear the seagull screeat it is the sign of rain. If the cuckoo comes early it is the sign of bad year. If you see a wisp hanging with a hen it is the sign of a funeral It is not right to leave the house without clean water
Original reference: 0089/2/39
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