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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte

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Lismore, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Sr M. Gráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0635, Page 260

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    because they believed they would have had luck that day.
    3. Long ago when girls were getting married, they never wore green, because it was an unlucky colour. Blue and white are supposed to be lucky colours. It was supposed to be unlucky to go in a red painted car after being married.
    4. If one magpie, was seen on the road it foretold sorrow, if two magpies were seen, it was a sign of joy, and three magpies were the sign of marriage, and four magpies is the sign of a boy.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ann Coghlan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lismore, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mr J. Bennett
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lismore, Co. Waterford