School: Baile an Chaisil C., Clochar na Trócaire

Location:
Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
An tSr. Aingeal
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  1. Pisrioga
    1. When a girl is getting married she should wear something old and something new and something borrowed and something blue.
    2. If you are visiting a house you should go out the same door that you go in.
    3. If you have a black cat you will be lucky.
    4. It is very lucky to meet two magpies.
    5. If you go into a house and a person is churning it is not right to remove a coal from the fire unless you spend a while churning.
    6. If you meet a red haired woman when you are going any place you will have bad luck.
    7. If a crosses before you on the
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English