School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Caisleán Riabhach

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Castlerea, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
An tSiúr M. Stiophán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0246, Page 127

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    white spots on your nails you will have to earn your living overseas and that the number of times you will travel by sea is shown by the number of white dots on your nails.
    In a family where there is a disabled person, there is supposed to be great luck and the luck is thought better while the person is alive than after his death.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Muldoon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tober, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs A. Hanly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Treanboy, Co. Galway