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School: Cill Chais, Cluain Meala (roll number 596)

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Kilcash, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Dubhghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0568, Page 223

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    Amongst the most common superstitions in the district are the following
    The magpie is supposed to bring bad or good luck
    There are many versions of an old rhyme about seeing magpies here is one
    "One for sorrow
    two for mirth
    Three for a marriage
    Four for a birth"
    here is another
    "One for bad luck
    Two for good luck
    Three for a boy
    four for a girl
    five for silver
    six for gold
    seven for a secret which will never be told."
    Dressmakers or Tailors will not cut their cloth on a Monday.
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Cáit Ní Chuinn
    Gender
    Female