School: An Teampoll Geal, Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 3549)

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Whitechurch, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Liam Ó Faoláin
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    There is a herb which grows on the moss.

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    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    2. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    3. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
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    Canty, Co. Waterford
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    A funeral on a Monday is a sign of another soon again.

    1. A funeral on a Monday is a sign of another soon again.
    2. If you spend on a Monday you will spend for a week.
    3. It is not right to open a grave on Monday unless the sod is cut on Sunday.
    4. It is said that if a person killed a cat he would have seven years bad luck.
    5. If you cut your nails on Thursday you would have misfortune every day until that day week.
    6. If a person were sick on New Years Day he would be sick very often during the year.
    7. If a person was born during a Leap Year he would be very lucky during his life.
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