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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha na Sluagh

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Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
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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.
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    Mrs. M. Glynn
    The Square
    Ballinasloe
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    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.
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    Miss M. Kirwan,
    Dunlo Street,
    Ballinasloe.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs M. Morgan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moher, Co. Galway