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   out the same door as you would come in
   If there is a spider on your back it is a sign that you will get something new
   It is said that you should stop the clock when a person is dead in the house.
   It is also said that it is not right to give away anything on May-day.
   Annie Delaney, Thomas Delaney
   Monard

   

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2. Superstition

   

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   The old people say that if you watch the kettle boiling it will never boil. They tie a red rag to the cow's tail for fear the milk would be stolen on May morning. If a man going to the fair met a red haired woman he would have to turn back because he would have no luck that day. If you saw one magpie

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Paddy Doyle

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Coolaran, Co. Galway

   Informant

   John Doyle

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Coolaran, Co. Galway