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School: Rosmead (roll number 7212)

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Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
E. Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0726, Page 097

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    1. If you hit anyone with an Elder stick you will not grow any bigger.
    2. It is unlucky to burn an elder stick.
    3. If you break a mirror you will have bad luck for seven years.
    4. It is unlucky to meet a red haired woman on a Monday morning going to a fair.
    5. One magpie is for sorrow two for joy three for a wedding, and four for a wake.
    6. It is unlucky to go into a house and the people churning and you did not give a hand at it the people would say you would bring the butter with you.
    7. It is unlucky to see a new moon out through glass or trees.
    8. It is unlucky to have thirteen sitting round a table.
    9. A girl should wear a blue frock when she is getting married.
    10. It is unlucky to get married in brown or a grey frock.
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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
    May Gaffney
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Gaffney
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Clonarney, Co. Westmeath