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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha na Sluagh

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Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Sr. M. Oiliféar
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0106

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  1. Superstitions

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    Superstitions
    1. When you meet a red haired woman you should turn back or you would have bad luck for the day.
    A black cat is lucky. It you strike a person with an alder stick you will have bad luck for seven years.
    Magpies
    1 for bad luck
    2 for good luck
    3 for a letter
    4 to be married
    5 to die.
    a knife to fall
    a man to call
    a fork to fall
    a woman to call
    a spoon to fall
    a child to call.
    If a cock comes to the door and crows in it is the sign of sudden bad news. If you walk
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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
    Informant
    Mrs D. Mc Guire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Pollboy, Co. Galway