School: Newtownbarry (B.) (roll number 3633)

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1. Superstition (continued)

   

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   meet a rat it is unlucky. It is unlucky to put a shoe on a table. It is unlucky to put a tongs on a table also. If you see a spark in a candle a letter is coming to you. If sparks blow out of the fire you will get money if you spit at it. It is unlucky to kill a cricket. If you walk on a fairy-mushroom the fairies will follow you. It is unlucky to break a sally bush. It is unlucky to throw a horse-shoe away. It is lucky to find a pin. It is lucky to find a button. If you put an umberella over your head in a house you will not grow any taller. You should never pass a bit of coal and you will never be without a fire. It is lucky to find a piece of iron. If you see four magpies together there will be a burial. If you meet a black cat you will have good luck. If you are going to a place it is unlucky to turn back. If you see a hen with a straw hanging from its leg someone is going to die. It is unlucky to hear a hen crowing. It is unlucky to hear a cock crowing in the day. It is said that a whistling woman is unlucky. If you kill a swallow in a cow-shed the cow will milk blood. If a knife falls on the floor there is a friend coming to the house. When a picture falls off the wall someone is going to die. If a cock crows in a house it is unlucky. If your right hand is itching a friend will come to you. If there is blood on a hen-egg it is the last egg the hen will lay for nine months. It is unlucky to walk under a ladder. It is lucky to find a four-leaved

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Felix Kavanagh

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Gorteen, Co. Wexford