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School: Foynes (C.) (roll number 2814)

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Foynes, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Eithne Ní Mhaidín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0483, Page 058

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    They say to meet a Magpie the first thing in the morning is a sign of ill-luck for the day.
    If you meet a woman with red hair the first thing in the morning it is a bad sign for the day.
    A person should not pay out money on a monday morning.
    If a person gets money on New Year's Day they will have plenty money for the year.
    You should never throw out ashes on a Monday Morning but collect them all and throw them into the fire.
    If you are removing from one place to another you should always remove on a Friday because the old people used to say that Friday was a lucky day.
    When a person leaves their own glove fall they should never pick it up themselves because it would
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nóra Ní Mhadhagain
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corgrig, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs P. Madigan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    66
    Address
    Corgrig, Co. Limerick