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School: An Dubh-Chearn (roll number 9534)

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Doochorran, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bean Mhic an Ríogh
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    the patient will die.
    4. If you go out and wash your face in the dew on a May morning you will be free from sunburn and freckles for the year.
    5.If you spill salt you will have bad luck and if you break a mirror you will have seven years bad luck.
    6. If you find a horse shoe when you are planting potatoes or sowing oats you will have good crops.
    7. If you hang a piece of rowan tree over the door on May Eve you will have good luck during the year. If you make a ring of same and place it over the dash when churning on May Morning you will have a good yield of butter for the year and the butter cannot be taken from you.
    8. If a cow has two calves it is a sign of good luck.
    9. It is counted lucky to find a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    2. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Delaney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Doochorran, Co. Leitrim