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School: Belcarra (Buachaillí)

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Ballycarra, Co. Mayo
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    New Year's Day
    If a man comes into your house the first on New Year's Day you will have good luck for the year but if a woman comes in you will have bad luck. People don't throw out dust or dirty water on New Year's Day as they say they are luck and they would be throwing out luck for the year. People also say that it is not right to give anything out of the house on New Year's Day as they say luck would be going out of the house for the year.
    John Dempsey
    Loona, Belcarra, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
    This was told to me by my father Patrick Dempsey age 50 years.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. New Year (~74)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Dempsey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Loona More, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Dempsey
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50