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School: Páirc Íseal (C.) (roll number 4794)

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Lowpark, Co. Mayo
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Sorcha Ní Dhumhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0117, Page 163

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  1. Pisreoga Eile (continued)

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    Never throw out water at night without saying three times chugath chugath chugath.
    If anyone strips your cows on May morning they will take your butter.
    A person in decline long ago was supposed to be taken by the fairies.
    A young mother who was dead was supposed to come back, to nurse her baby - this baby was illtreated by a step-mother.
    A cat has nine lives.
    A pig can see the wind.
    There is a cross on every ass's back.
    It is lucky to find a horse-shoe.
    To meet a weasel portends ill-luck
    It is very unlucky to cut old hawthorn
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English