School: Loughagar (roll number 5696)
- Location:
- Loughagar More, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: Énrí Mac an Abba
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0737, Page 426
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“It is unlucky...”
It is unlucky to carry in anything on your shoulder.
It is also unlucky to meet mag-pies. There is an old rhyme which says:
"One for sorrow
Two for joy
Three for a wedding
And four to die."
- Informant
- J. Hulton
- Gender
- Unknown
- Age
- 92
- Address
- Rú Chonaill, Co. na hIarmhí
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“A man named Bill Cassidy lived beside Daly's.”
A man named Bill Cassidy lived beside Daly's. He was very fond of playing cards. One night he was at a card play in Dalys. When he was going home he was passing a sand-pit and as he was passing he saw a man sitting at a table with a pack of cards in front of him on the table. He said to Bill, Come over and have a game. Bill went over and when he sat down a card dropped and he bent(continues on next page)