School: Gleann Fleisge

Location:
Glenflesk, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Donnchadh Ó Spiolláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0457, Page 887

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  1. You should never start a new work on Saturday or if you do you will never finish it.
    If you put eggs under an other person's hay you will bring bad luck on that person.
    One magpie is for bad luck, two for good luck, three for a wedding, four for a wake, five for silver, six for gold, seven for something you never saw before.
    If you cut your hair on a Sunday it will never grow again.
    It is not lucky to get married on Monday, Wednesday or Friday.
    If a person came in to a house with a spade or shovel on his shoulder he would be made back out again and take it off outside or he would not grow anymore.
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      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
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