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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha na Sluagh

Location:
Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Sr. M. Oiliféar

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0108

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our Lord carried was made of alder wood as a result of this it is said if anyone strikes another with the twig of an alder tree he will not grow.

Got from
Mrs. M. Glynn
The Square
Ballinasloe

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Superstitions

4. You should always put the sign of the cross on the cows hip, if not the fairies will take the milk. To see a new moon through a window is bad luck. To hear a cock crowing after twelve o'clock is bad luck for the owner.

Got from,
Miss M. Kirwan,
Dunlo Street,
Ballinasloe.

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Informant
Miss M. Kirwan
Gender
female
Address
Dunlo Street, Co. Galway
Language
English

Superstitions

5. It is lucky to move into a new

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