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School: Na Creaga

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 280

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    Superstitions.
    People believed that it was unlucky to meet a red haired woman when setting out on a journey, or when going to a fair or market.
    It was also considered unlucky to get the first view of a new moon through glass, or to meet one magpie. They had a rhyme that ran like this:-
    One for sadness,
    Two for mirth,
    Three for a wedding,
    Four for a birth,
    Five for silver,
    Six for gold,
    Seven for a story that never was told.
    Amongst other things supposed to bring bad luck was the sweeping out (of) of ashes or
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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
    Collector
    Rita Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creggs, Co. Galway
    Informant
    M. J. Kelly
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Creggs, Co. Galway