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School: Oileán Faoide

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Whiddy Island, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Conchobhar Ó Ruairc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0284, Page 276

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    The mackpie: one for bad luck, two for good lick, three for a wedding, four for a wake, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret that cannot be told.
    If the right side of your nose is itchy, there is some one talking good about you and if the left side of it is itchy there is some one (is) talking bad about you.
    If the palm of your hand is itchy you will get a legacy.
    If there is a tea-leaf floating in the
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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
    Maighread Ní Dalaighe
    Gender
    Female