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School: Blackrock (Mercy Convent)

Location:
Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Sr. M. Baptist
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0796, Page 268

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    Death
    If you dream of the dead or hear ringing in your ear it means that souls are asking for prayers.
    If you buy a hearse you will be the first to be carried in it.
    If you find a whit comb (a banshees comb) and comb your hair with it you will die.
    If you stand on a grave you will be the next into it.
    If you hear three taps on a window it is the sign of a death.
    If a cock crows at night it is a sign of death
    If a rat comes into a house it is a sign of death.
    If you hear a crash and nothing falls and nothing is broken it is the sign of a death.
    If you kill a cricket there will
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maura Roe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Blackrock, Co. Dublin