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School: Morton St. Convent Nat. S. (roll number 12349)

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Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Miss Annie O' Dwyer
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    If you comb your hair out the road you would see the Bean-Shee that night
    If you ever find a comb it is said you should never pick it up because it might belong to the beanshee.
    If you drop your glove and pick it up again it is said you would have a disappointment.
    If there is a twist in your belt you will have a row with some one.
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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
    Monica Galvin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Galvin
    Gender
    Female