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School: Dundalk (Dundalk Road Convent) (roll number 5387)

Location:
Dundalk, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Sr. M. Oliver
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0662, Page 065

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  1. Superstitions (continued)

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    to brake a mirror (it is a sign of bad luck.
    When your hand is itchy it is a sign of getting money, and when your foot is itchy it is a sign you will be walking on strange land.
    Maise Dooley
    (From her mother.)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Superstitions

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    If a cock - crows in the middle of the night it is the sign of a death.
    If a dog cries it is the sign of a death.
    If two persons look into glass together it is a sign of bad luck.
    If a cat washes his face the first person it looks at will die the first in that family.
    If a person let's the dish-cloth fall it is the sign of a visitor.
    If a person washes a sugar-bowl it is the sign of a visitor.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Dolan
    Gender
    Female