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School: Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (B.)

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Ballina, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
D. P. Ó Cearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0146, Page 601

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    a races it's unlucky to look back at the house
    (57) If you break three pieces of delph the third piece is the charm and then you know there is something going to happen in the house.
    (58) If is bad luck to give money away on New Year's Day
    (59) If you kill a frog you will have bad luck for seven year's
    (60) If is a disappointment to drop your glove
    (61) It is not right to walk one side of a pole and the person you are walking with go the other side of the pole it is a sign of a disappointment.
    (62) If you go under a person's arm you will never grow any bigger
    (63) It is not right to let tobacco fall and do not pick it up
    (64) If a tooth falls out of the left side of your mouth throw it over your left shoulder and if you find it you will have a toothache and if it falls out of the right side do the same
    (65) It is not right to rock a cradle without a child in it
    (66) It is not right to wash a cradle without
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      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
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