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   have 7 years of bad luck.

   23. It is lucky : -
   (a) To have a black cat in the house.
   (b) To draw blood on St. Martin's Day.

   24. It is unlucky : -
   (1) To open an umbrella in a house.
   (2) To throw out ashes after sunset.
   (3) To bring a hawthorn stick into a house.
   (4) To kill a swan.
   (5) To go under a ladder.
   (6) To have a lily plant in a house.
   (7) To spill salt.
   (8) To give away a "clocking" hen.
   (9) To stop people from using a spring well.
   (10) To go to a well after 12 o'clock at night.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Hanroi De Clintún

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Tuam, Co. Galway