School: Ardee (Mercy Convent) (roll number 8445)

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   something it is unlucky, but if he sits down it is not
   6. If one meets a boy whistling in the morning he will have good luck all day
   7. An old boot is lucky and very often a pair that are newly married tie one on their motor car when they are going on their honeymoon
   8. It is unlucky for a young child to carry a spade on his shoulder
   9. To jump across a plough is unlucky
   Berna Sharkey
   Castle Street
   Ardee

   

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2. Pishrogues

   

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   1.If you accidentally at a new moon through a window it is unlucky 2.If ones left hand is itching or if a spark hops out on one he will get money 3. If ones right heel is itching there is a stranger coming to his house to sleep 4. If one lets a comb fall one will hear of someone's death 5. If a woman let's a knife fall she will have a visitor 6. If a person puts on a garment inside out in the morning it is unlucky to change it 7. If a rat runs across in front of you on the

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maureen Woods

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Dawson's-Demesne, Co. Louth