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School: Drumlease (roll number 15382)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0200, Page 338

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    it up you will have good luck.
    (10) If you get a pen lost and you leave it there you will have bad luck that day.
    (11) If it rains St Smitns or on the fifteenth of July it will rain for forty days and forty nights, after that.
    (12) If you put on your stocking inside out do not take it off or you will have bad luck.
    (13) If you see a new moon the first time through a glass you will have bad luck.
    (14) If you are going away and forget anything do not go back unless you sit down and count thirteen.
    (15) If you meet a wezel on your way you are as well to turn back or you will have bad luck.
    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
    Francis Dunleavy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dromahair, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Dunleavy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    30
    Address
    Dromahair, Co. Leitrim