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1. Superstitions

   

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   SUPERSTITIONS

   If a person went into a graveyard where he has no relatives buried bad luck would befall him.
   If a person went into a graveyard to mark and buy his own grave he would die within a year from that time.
   If a person fell in a graveyard he would be the next to be buried.
   If a person met a red haired woman on the road when going on a journey on May day he would have bad luck for a year.
   If a person was going on a journey and if the first person he met was red-haired woman he would never reach his destination safely.
   If a person picked flowers on May day or sat on the grass the fairies would take him away that night.
   If a person broke a mirror he would have bad luck for seven years.
   If a person was going on a journey at night and if a cat crossed him on the road he should turn back because he would never reach his destination safely.
   If a picture fell in the house it means the death of a relative a death in the family.
   If a magpie hops along the road before a person when going on a journey bad luck will befall him on the way.
   If eggs were found in a farm on May day

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   Topaicí

   1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   Brigid Browne

   Inscne

   Baineann

   Seoladh

   Ballinguile, Co. Cork

   Faisnéiseoir

   Denis Mc Carthy

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Aois

   75

   Gairm bheatha

   Labourer (Léirítear teidil na ngairmeacha i mBailiúchán na Scol sa bhunteanga inar cláraíodh iad)

   Seoladh

   Ballynatrilla, Co. Cork