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1. Local Superstition (continued)

   

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   Several people rely on what kind of luck they would have by seeing the mags. "One mag for sorrow Two for luck Three for marriage And four for a death." If you would hear a mag twittering before you would rise in the morning you would h]get a letter. When going to the fair with cattle or any kind of stock and to meet a red-haired woman you might turn back because you would have bad luck. If you would find a horse-shoe on the road and to lift it and carry it a bit and then leave it down it would be unlucky. If you would find a pin on the road and the point of it pointing towards you it would be very unlucky. I can find no superstion as regard to the silver-coin. If you would see a new-moon through

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   James Mc Cauley

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Drumnatread, Co. an Chabháin

   Informant

   Patrick Mc Cauley

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Drumnatread, Co. an Chabháin