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School: Clochar Loreto, An Uaimh (roll number 16100)

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Navan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Colm
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    1. If you were going a journey and forgot something it is a sign of bad luck to return for it.
    2. A tickling in the palm of the right hand means a shake-hands.
    3. A tickling in the palm of the left hand means that you are going to get money.
    4. It was said that when anybody dies in a house the people should stop the clock else there would be bad luck in the house.
    5. If you went into a house where there was a churning going on it was said that if you did not take a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josephine Mallon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castlemartin, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mrs Mallon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castlemartin, Co. Meath