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School: Naomh Pádraig

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Killala, Co. Mayo
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Laura C. Mc Kenna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0142, Page 313

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    If you see a horse's shoe on the road it is right to pick it up and you will have luck.
    It is lucky to meet a white horse when you are going on a journey.
    It is lucky to have a black cat in the house.
    It is lucky to see two magpies together.
    If your right eye is itchy you will cry.
    If your left eye is itchy you will laugh.
    If your nose is itchy you will have a fight.
    When you come into a house and the woman of the house is churning it is right to take a turn at the churn or the Fairies will take away the butter.
    It is lucky to have a goat or an
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Sealy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathfran, Co. Mayo