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School: Ballyduff (roll number 17097)

Location:
Ballyduff Upper, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Caitlín Ní Mharannáin
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  1. Old Beliefs and Old Sayings (continued)

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    a quarrel with that person.
    If you walk under a two ended briar you will have luck.
    If your left hand is itchy you will get money.
    If you give away a setting of eggs in exchange for another setting of eggs, you are giving away your luck.
    If you are looking at the ground when you hear the cuckoo first, you will be dead again the next year.
    If you see a whirlwind you should say "God speed all travelers, I don't know how soon I will be on the road myself". The fairies are suposed to be in this whirlwind and if you did not say this the fairies would take you.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sally Geoghegan
    Gender
    Female