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School: Allenwood

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Allenwood, Co. Kildare
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 314

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  1. Forts (continued)

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    and it is said if anyone hit the tree with a hatchet blood would come out of it.
    Mary F. Kennedy Allenwood ??
    Robertstown, Naas, Co. Kildare
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  2. Lucky and Unlucky

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    Lucky ad unlucky
    It is considered unlucky to hand a safety pin into anybody's hand because it will part your friends hip. You should always stick it in something.
    If two people wash in the same water, one of them should spit in the water to keep from fighting.
    When a person is asleep people put their hand in cold water to get them to talk.
    If you break a mirror you
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary F. Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Allenwood North, Co. Kildare