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School: Lankill (roll number 16904)

Location:
Lankill, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 09_039

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    Magpies
    One for sorrow
    Two for joy
    Three for a marriage
    Four for a boy
    Five for silver
    Six for gold
    Seven for a story that never can be told.
    If there was a magpie on the window in the morning you would get a letter.
    Horse-shoe
    If you got a pin or a horse-shoe on the road you should spit on it and you would have good luck.
    Black Cat
    If you saw a black cat on the road you would have good luck.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Lavelle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cordarragh North, Co. Mayo