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School: Ballinacree (B.) (roll number 13965)

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Ballynacree, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Pádraic Ó Connachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 212

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    the road you would not get buying it or if you got buying it, it would not be lucky with you.
    Magpie
    Another unlucky thing is if you saw one magpie you would have good luck and two for bad luck.
    If the magpie builds her nest in bushes which grow over the house somebody in the house is supposed to have bad luck.
    A Red haired Woman
    It is said that if you meet a red haired woman and you going to the fair it would bring bad luck on you. There are some people and if they meet one they would turn on the road and go home.
    To break a mirror
    It is said that if you break a
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Deasmhumhnach O Brádaigh
    Gender
    Male