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School: Drumatemple (B.) (roll number 7496)

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Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Michael Quinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0261, Page 018

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    92 It is not lucky to hear a cock crowing before midnight.
    93 When a corpse was taken out, all the chairs and stools of the house were turned up-side down.
    94 You should not carry playing cards in your pocket at night because there would something happen to you.
    95 You should not give away the first churning after the cow calfing or you would have no luck.
    96 You should never cut a whitethorn bush or if you did the thorns would be always sticking in you.
    97 If the stones of a foundation fell, you should not build a house there, because the ghosts would be in it every night.
    98 If you were going a journey and met a man on horse back you would have good luck.
    99 It is not lucky to put down a fire before the sun rises on May morning because the butter would be taken away from the milk.
    100 It is not lucky to let a coal of fire out on May Day.
    101 It is unlucky to build a new house on the
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