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School: Tobar an Choire (2)

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Tobercurry, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Eilís Caswall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0171, Page 276

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    “You should never give a pen, knife or any such shape thing to anybody, without firsat sticking it into wood.”

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    You should never give a pen, knife or any such shape thing to anybody, without first sticking it into wood. The pin pen or suck lime article is said to cut line
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    “You will have no luck with your first if you give away a clocking hen.”

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Jinks
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Oghambaun, Co. Sligo

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    “You should never exchange a setting of eggs until your own are hatched else you will have no birds that year.”

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    You should never exchange a setting of eggs until your own are hatched else you will have no birds that year.
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    “On November's nigh a girl goes straight out blindfolded to a cabbage field and pulls a cabbage stalk.”

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    On November's night a girl goes out blindfolded to a cabbage field and pulls a cabbage stalk. If the cabbage has a straight stalk she will get a straight (?) husband, but if the cabbage stalk is crooked her husband will be lame.
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