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School: An Clochán (B)

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Clifden, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An Br. Angelo Mac Shámhais
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    It is not right to put on the left shoe first. If a child is born between twelve and one o' clock at midnight it will be taken by the fairies. It is not right to go into a house and come out the opposite door you go in. If you break a mirror you will have seven years' bad luck. It is lucky to see the moon out of a window. If you cycle in a doorway you will never grow. If you carry a brush on your shoulder in a house you will never grow. If two people look into a mirror together one is sure to die within a year.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ignatius Ludden
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Melody
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66