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School: Koilmore (roll number 14115)

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An Choill Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
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Séamus Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0099, Page 149

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  2. Pisreoga

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    If you let out the cows or gave milk or butter to a neighbour on May Day you will have bad luck.
    When you are going on a journey, you shouldn't change from one side of road to the other, or if you do you will have bad luck.
    If you lose anything while you are going on a journey and you pick it up yourself you will get a dispointment. But if some other body picks it up for you, you will get a surprise.
    When a corpse is leaving the house, the people turn the chairs up-side-down.
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