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School: Powerscourt

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Powerscourt Demesne, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
P. Steere
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0913, Page 097

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    Unlucky to ask one on their way to fish "Are you going fishing?"
    A braying ass tells of a tinkers death.
    Unlucky to start ploughing [?] land on Friday.
    A [?] coming into a dwelling house is a sign of good luck.
    Unlucky to meet a [?] woman when going to no business.
    For luck the top tier of a wedding cake should be disposed of first.
    A peacock feather is unlucky in the house.
    Unlucky to kill a spider.
    Crickets coming to a house are lucky & when leave it is unlucky.
    A shake of pepper when setting a setting of eggs will bring a good clutch.
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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
    Informant
    A. Smyth
    Address
    Knockbawn, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    C. Keegan
    Address
    Ballinagee, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    N. Freene
    Address
    Coolakay, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    N. Kiernan
    Address
    Waterside, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    W. Deely
    Address
    Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow