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School: Cillíní Díoma (roll number 15071)

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Killeenadeema, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Uinsionn Ó Conáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0059, Page 0199

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    (5)
    If you are going to a fair with a cow and if she turns back you will have good luck.
    (6)
    To take a pinch of salt going to a funeral with you.
    (7)
    To sow eggs in a tillage field
    (8)
    To walk around a cow after calving with a lighted candle and to put three drops of the candle greac on the cows back.
    (9)
    If a person meets a red haired woman on their jourey they should turn back.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Míchéal Ó Fealláin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bookeen, Co. Galway