School: Carlanstown (roll number 884)
- Location:
- Droichead Chearbhalláin, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Gérbheannaigh
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- (continued from previous page)As many as wish can play the game.
Each boy has to have at least one or two marbles.
Each boy has to leave down a marble.
Then they try to strike them.
Whichever boy strikes the marbles gets the game.
It is an outdoor game.
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“If you see one magpie it is a sign...”
If you see one magpie it is a sign that you are going to have bad luck; Two means good luck; three means a wedding and four means a wake.If you meet a black cat on the road it is a sign of good luck.If the first woman you meet is red haired it is a sign of bad luck.If you find a horseshoe you should hang it up on a nail for it brings good luck(continues on next page)
