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School: Ráth an Tóiteáin (Burnfort), Malla (roll number 11249)

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Burnfort, Co. Cork
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Domhnall Mac Óda (Archdeacon)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0389, Page 278

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    If a badger caught you by the leg he would not let go his grip of you till he would hear the bone cracking.
    The four-leave shamrock and white heather are lucky plants.
    If you injured a cricket he would ear all of your stockings.
    It is a sign of good luck to have crickets, and when a person dies they often leave house.
    (Received above from Sean O'Shea, a pupil of Burnfort School, who heaed them from his parents residing at Ballyknockane, Mourne Abbey, Mallow.)
    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
    Sean O' Shea
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyknockane, Co. Cork
    Informant
    O' Shea
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyknockane, Co. Cork
    Informant
    O' Shea
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyknockane, Co. Cork