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    It is not right to kill a robin, because it was at our Saviour's Death.
    If you kill a snail it is said it will rain.
    A black cat indicates good luck
    If you find a horse-shoe it is lucky.
    To point an open knife at anyone is dangerous, and it should be pointed three times to the ground.
    It is not lucky to change to change one's residence on Staurday, the proverb is, '' Saturday's flitting is a short sitting ''.
    If you go into a house and the people of the house are churning you will not be let out without taking
    a '' Bre?is '' at the churn, because it is said you could take their butter if you went out without taking a '' Bre?is ''
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    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
    Charlie O Beirne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumraine Glebe, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Francis Michael Mc Govern
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloverhill or Corglass, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Hugh Reynolds
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Michael Seery
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Noel Dolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Patrick Gallogly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumraine Glebe, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Patrick Mc Cartin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Oughteragh, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Thomas Darcy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim