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School: Liostuathail (B.) 1.

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Listowel, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Haodha
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    If you count the cars at a funeral bad luck will befall you.
    If you turn a pack of playing cards bad luck will befall you.
    If the Christmas candles do not burn straight on Christmas there will be bad luck in the house during the coming year.
    It is unlucky to cut hay in the same year where cattle graze.
    If a wedding party meet a funeral after the marriage cermony they will have bad luck.
    It is unlucky to say "God bless a dog or a cat".
    In a family where the grandfather is called John, where the father is called John and if a male child is born he should not be called John because he will be unlucky.
    When a cricket whistles on the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Riobárd de Stac
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moyassa, Co. Kerry