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School: Áth Dara (C.)

Location:
Adare, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire Boardman
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    Local Superstitions.
    1. When a person changes from one house to another, or opens a new shop,
    or going into a new job, they always consider it lucky in Adare to do these things on Friday.
    2. When a visitor is received into a new house, they consider it lucky to bring a piece of bread into the house with them.
    3. If a person finds a piece of coal on the road they always pick it up and bring it home with them for luck.
    4. It is considered unlucky to get married on a Saturday.
    Wednesday is considered a lucky day to get married.
    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