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School: Scoil Sheosaimh Ntha (Cailíní)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0017, Page 210

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  1. Old Customs (continued)

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    person they should not let out that one between them or it be a token of bad luck for the day.
    27 Never sing before your breakfast or it is a disappointment in business.
    28 It is good luck to put on your clothes inside out by mistake
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    1 In olden times on the twelvth night after Christmas they peeled rushes and steeped them in grease, and they stuck them in cow manurer and lit them
    2 If you were born on Whit Sunday you would have a very high temper
    3 It is not right to go near water or go swimming on Whit Monday
    4 On St Martin's they kill a fowl and sprinkle its blood on the doors.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frances Corely
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Hussey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Scotland, Co. Galway