School: Inis (B.) (roll number 15042)

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1. Superstitions (continued)

   

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   Visiting house in the country.
   If you went in one door they would make you go out the other door and the people believe about this that you would take the bad luck of the house with you.

   Magpies.
   If you meet a magpie on the morning you will have bad luck for the day, and there is a rhyme about magpies which is "one for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, and four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, seven for heaven as we are told."

   Making butter.
   If you got a hand out of the graveyard when you are making butter and put the hand into the churn you would have double the butter.

   Graveyard.
   If you fall inside a grave-yard you should turn your coat inside out.

   Spoon.
   If you let a spoon fall, you may expect a visitor.

   Scissors.
   If you let a scissors fall, there is a surprise in store for you.

   Sod of turf.
   If a sod of turf falls off the fire you may expect a stranger.

   Moth.
   If there is a moth flying around a candle you will expect a letter.

   Your left hand.
   If your left hand is itchy, some-body is talking about you.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael Heffernan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ennis, Co. Clare