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School: Cúl na Fearna

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Coolnafarna, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Duibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0107, Page 290

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    Long ago people used decorate milk cows with flowers on May morning to stoop the neighbors from taking their butter.
    Crows lying on a fence is a sign of bad weather or a cat scraping the door.
    Two hens fighting is the sign of a strangers visit that day.
    If a hare happened to come near the house is the sign of a death in that house.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
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