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School: Derryquay, Tráighlí

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Derryquay, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Ml. Ó Catháin
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    “Other people would not give away any money on Monday because it was said if they did they would be giving it away during the week.”

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    If a person's right ear was turned to the direction from which he heard the Cuckoo it was a sign of good luck during the year, but if the left ear was turned it was a sign of bad luck during the year.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Thomas O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrymore West, Co. Kerry