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School: Dún na Lochlannach (roll number 11987)

Location:
Lisduff, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Uí Mhainín
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    To see one magpie on the road is a sign of bad luck, two for good luck.
    One for sorrow,
    Two for mirth.
    Three for a wedding.
    Four for a birth.
    If the cock perches on the half-door and turns inwards it is a sign of bad luck, and if he turns outwards it is a sign the trouble is going.
    It is said that if it rains on St. Swithin's Day, which falls on the 15th July, that it will rain for forty days, and that if it is fine on St. Swithin's Day, the weather will be fine for forty day's.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballybroder, Co. Galway