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School: Drumatemple (B.) (roll number 7496)

Location:
Droim an Teampaill, Co. Ros Comáin
Teacher:
Michael Quinn
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    the cake on November's Eve you are the first to get married.
    26 If you get the nut in the cake and it full
    you will get a full house and if it is not you will get an empty house.
    27 If a scissors falls and it is turned to the door it is a sign of somebody going out.
    28 On November's Eve put a blind fold on you and go out and pull a head of cabbage. Put it behind the door and look at it in the morning and if it is a straight head you will get a straight man and if is a crooked head you will get a crooked man.
    29 If you break a looking glass it means seven years bad luck.
    30 If you fall in a grave yard you will be dead before the
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. creidiúint (~391)
        1. creidiúint choiteann (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Joe Walshe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bealach Uí Mhuirígh, Co. na Gaillimhe