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School: Teampall Mhuire

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Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 133

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    (1) If you break a Mirror you will have bad luck for seven years.
    (2) To spill salt you will have bad luck for the day.
    (3) To meet a red haired woman means bad luck for the day.
    (4) To see a new moon through the window means bad luck.
    (5) If you bring in haw-thorn to the house you will have bad luck for a while.
    (6) If you bring in Pea-Cocks feathers into the house you will have bad luck.
    (7) It is not right to give the loan of a churn to any-body.
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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
    May Killeen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Jordan
    Relation
    Not a relative
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo