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Drumnatread, Co. Cavan
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S. Stonndúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1020, Page 051

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  1. Local Superstition (continued)

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    If you find a pin on the road and the point of it towards you it is for a disappointment and if the other end of it is towards you it is for good luck.
    there is a rhyme about seeing a pin on the road
    "See a pin and pick it up and all the day you'll have good luck.
    See a pin and let it lie and you'll have bad luck until you die."
    I heard nothing about hair-pins.
    Some people say it is lucky to find silver coins.
    When you see the new moon you should say:-
    "I see the new moon and the new moon sees me.
    God bless the new moon and God bless me."
    It is unlucky to look at the new moon for the first time through glass. When you look at a new moon through a silk handkerchief
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gretta Mc Cann
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumnatread, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Terence Mc Cann
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumnatread, Co. Cavan