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School: Moys (roll number 10837)

Location:
Moy Otra, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Dawson
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0935, Page 174

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  1. Local Sayings about Luck

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    Local Sayings about Luck.
    It is lucky to find a horse shoe. If you break a mirror you will have seven years bad luck. It is lucky to find a pin. It is unlucky to meet a red haired woman early in the morning If you are going a journey and turns back you will have bad luck all day. It is lucky to find a button. If a hair runs in front of you it is the sign of bad luck.
    If you kill a cricket the rest of the crickets will eat your clothes. It is lucky to meet a black cat. If a rat runs in front of you it is a sign of bad luck
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Vallely
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cordevlis, Co. Monaghan