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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Dún Drongáin (roll number 7232)

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Drangan, Co. Tipperary
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Siúracha na Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0557, Page 088

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    as they say
    If you put on a garment inside out it is the sign of luck, and if you change it you will loose your luck. It is said that if a person spills salt or breaks a mirror, it is the sign of ill luck for seven years.
    To open an umbrella inside in a house, it is also a sign of bad luck.
    It is supposed to be unlucky to bring Hawthorn or Woodbine into the house
    "See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck"
    To drop a glove on a spoon is said to be the sign of a coming disappointment.
    To drop a fork fortells the coming of a lady visitor.
    To drop a knife fortells the coming of a gentleman visitor.
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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)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josephine White
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathkenny, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Philip Gleeson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilvemnon, Co. Tipperary