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School: Kelladone (roll number 5123)

Location:
Killadoon, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Padhraic Maguidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137C, Page 05_020

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    There was a number of pisreoga in this place long ago, but they are dying out now. If a man was going to a fair and met a red hair woman, he would turn home because he would be afraid he would have no luck that day.
    When a man would have a number of cattle to sell, when going out the door to the fair they would fire a coal after him, In order that he would sell.
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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
    Eamonn Maguire
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killadoon, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    James O Malley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    90
    Address
    Cloonty, Co. Mayo