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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1107, Page 75

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    It is considered unluckly to:-
    Spill salt.
    Put an umbrella up inside the house
    Break a mirror.
    To see one mag-pie.
    The following rhyme is often repeated about mag-pies:-
    One for sorrow,
    Two for joy
    Three a wedding
    Four a boy
    Five for silver
    Six for Gold
    Seven, a secret yet untold.
    To meet a red-haired woman first, on your way in the morning.
    It is considered unlucky for a wedding party to meet a funeral on the way to the Church.
    Happy is the bride that the sun shines on.
    Happy is the corpse that the rain rains on.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
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    English