School: Scoil na mBráthar, Caiseal (roll number 16726)

Location:
Cashel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An Br. B. E. Ó hOireabháird
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  1. 1 If you met haired woman on the road going to a fair you should turn back because you would have very bad luck that day
    2 If you met a man with a grey horse on the road and if you asked him what would cure the whooping cough and what ever he would tell you to do it would cure the whooping cough.
    3 If you saw one magpie on the road it would be for bad luck. If you saw two magpies on the
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Stephen Gleeson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballykelly, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr John Gleeson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballykelly, Co. Tipperary