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School: Stuacán (roll number 14051)

Location:
Muingwore, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Mhiadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 300

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    1. If a man is going a journey and meets a red-haired girl on the road it is a sign of bad luck to the man
    2. If a person sees two magpies along the road, when going on a journey it is a sign of good luck, one magpie is a sign of bad luck, three for a death, and four for joy, five for a birth and six for a death.
    3. If a cock crows outside the door it is a sign of death, and if two hens were fighting it is a sign that stranger
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    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
    Mary Sweeney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Muingwore, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs P. Sweeney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Muingwore, Co. Sligo