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    On Saint Martin's night a goose or a chicken is killed and a bit of flax or linen is dipped in the blood and kept for the year, and is supposed to cure a pain in the side.
    It is a very unlucky thing to ask a coal of fire if a person is sick in the house. A person should never give away milk without shaking salt in it first. The old people used to say that it was never
    On new years morning a cake of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Hannon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14