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School: Skerries (St. Patrick's : Boys) (roll number 16332)

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Skerries, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
T. Mc Namee
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    Bean Sidhe. If two chairs are put together by accident its a sign of a death. People will not light two candles together because it reminds them of a wake. If you sweep the dust off your kitchen floor across the threshold you will sweep your luck out. Never carry a stick or a spade into the house or put up an umbrella. If a person is washing his hands and another person comes to wash his, one of them should spit in the basin or else there will be a row.
    John Fox,
    9, Strand St.,
    Skerries.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Fox
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Strand Street, Co. Dublin