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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0844, Page 197

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    1. if you got a stroke of an elder stick you will grow no more.
    2. If you met a foxy-haired woman when you were going on a journey you'nd have bad luck.
    3. If you let your glove fall you were going to have a row with someone.
    4. If you crossed over a person under twenty-one years it would be unlucky because the person would not grow and you should cross them back again.
    5. One magpie for bad luck
    Two for good luck
    Three for a wedding and
    Four for a wake
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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
    Brighid Adhrais
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Nicholastown, Co. Kilkenny