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School: Dún Mór (cailíní)

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Dunmore, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Eibhlín Halliday
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  1. Superstition

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    If a person meets a black cat when he is going on a journey he is supposed to have good luck for the day.
    If a person breaks a mirror he will have bad luck for seven years.
    If a person sees a magpie when he is going on a journey it is a sign that he will have good luck and if he sees two its a sign that he will have good bad luck.
    If a person is churning and a neighbour comes in he will have to help with the churning or if he goes out without doing so he will take the butter with him. Some people puts a coal under the churn in case the fairies would take the butter.
    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
    Florrie Cunningham
    Gender
    Female