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   all the year.
   Itis not right to go into a house with a spade over your shoulder.
   If a cat scrapes there is to be a big wind.
   If a wisp is slinging from a hen's tail you will hear of a death.
   If you see a spidnantha on the road it is right to put a wish on him.
   If you have a pack of cards and cross a ditch they will go on fire, or if you don't have them face to face you will meet the devil.

   

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2. Old Sayings

   

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   It is said if you. kill a swan you will hear her frying [crying?] on top of the house for three nights. It is said that if one sells a house and brings the crane with him he is bringing the luck out of the house.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. proverbs (~4,377)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Annie Brogan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Stonehall, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Michael Clarke

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   47

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Foxford, Co. Mayo