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School: Kilcullen (B.)

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Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776D, Page 09_010

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    If new potatoes are dug before the twenty ninth of June they are supposed to be bigger than the ones that are dug after that date.
    When people leave a house and go to a new one if they bring their cat with them they will have bad luck. If the cat goes herself they will have good luck.
    When people see magpies they have different sains the usual ones are one for sorrow, two for joy, three for a wedding and four for a death.
    If a spark flies out of a fire the person who spits
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pádraig De Núinnseáin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    Mrs Nugent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Kilcullen, Co. Kildare