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

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Killorglin, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Úna Nic Choluim
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0435, Page 150

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    175 If a cock crew at twelve o'clock at night, that is a sign a person was going to die.
    176 Peacock's feathers are supposed to be bad luck if a person had them in a house.
    177 If you opened an umbrella in a house, you would not grow any more.
    178 If you packed up a glove for another person, you would get an introduction.
    179 If a person falls in the graveyard, he will be next to die.
    180 Whoever brings a corpse into the church, must bring it out again.
    181 To pass a person on the stairs is supposed to be bad luck.
    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
    Dóla Ní Riordáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killorglin, Co. Kerry