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School: Flower Hill (roll number 12788)

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Cnoc na mBláth, Co. na Mí
Teacher:
Isabel Mc Quade
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0700, Page 351

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  1. Omens of Good and Bad Luck

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    Magpie:-
    "One for sorrow,
    Two for mirth,
    Three for a wedding,
    Four for a birth,
    Five for silver,
    Six of gold,
    Seven for a story never to be told."
    It is said that it we see a single magpie we are going to have bad luck, but if we only see one and it happens to be on the right hand side we are going to have good luck.
    Mirror:-
    If a mirror is broken it is said that the person who breaks it will have bad luck for seven years. But if the mirror falls its self the whole house will have bad luck.
    New Year's Day:- If a dark haired person
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Charles Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Baile Phaghain, Co. na Mí