School: Drumlease (roll number 15382)

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1. Superstitions (continued)

   

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   but if you throw some over your left shoulder it will be lucky.
   (8) If thirteen sit down at the table it is a sign that one will die within the year.
   (9) Sing before breakfast cry before lunch.
   (10) When you are frying rashers if one curls up it is a sign of a marriage in the family.
   (11) To meet a red haired women in the morning is a sign of bad luck.
   (12) To meet a boy with an ass it is a sign of good luck.
   (13) When a cat is washing himself whoever he looks at first will die.

   Superstitions.

   (1) When you are going a journey and you forget something if you turn back you will be disappointed but if you sit down and count thirteen it will be all right.
   (2) If a moth flies about you it is a

   

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2. Superstitions

   

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   (1) When you are going a journey and you forget something if you turn back you will be disappointed but if you sit down and count thirteen it will be all right.
   (2) If a moth flies about you it is a

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Dympna Cosgrave

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Dromahair, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Mrs Cosgrave

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   40

   Address

   Dromahair, Co. Leitrim