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School: Mainistir Phádraig Naofa (roll number 1016)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0084, Page 177

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    when a woman would come she would take a pince of snuf in honour of the dead.
    10. It is unlucky to open an umbrela in a house because long ago if a person opened an umbrella in the house they would not use that umbrela for a year and a day.
    11. If a person met a magpie on the way to the market she or he would turn back.
    One magpie: for bad luck
    Two magpies for: Joy
    Three magpies for:- disaster
    Four magpies for :- a Funeral
    Five magpies for:- Marriage.
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    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
    Peter Feeney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Prospect Hill, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Feeney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Prospect Hill, Co. Galway