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School: Killorglin (C.) (roll number 12833)

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Killorglin, Co. Kerry
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Úna Nic Choluim
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0435, Page 142

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    (128) It is not right to kill a white hare in a fort.
    129 If you cut your hair on Friday night you will have bad luck.
    (130) It is unlucky for a wedding partly to meet a funeral or to have an accident.
    (131) If a picture falls off the wall and the glass is not broken it is a sign a person is going to die.
    (132) It is unlucky to bring white thorn into a house.
    (133) It is not right to take a short cut with a funeral
    (134) It is unlucky to put a dirty cup on the dresser at night.
    (135) If a person saw a white horse and then rubbed his hands to a pole he would have good luck the next day
    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
    Síle Ní Fhoghludha
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castleconway, Co. Kerry