School: Na Creaga
- Location:
- Creggs, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Liam Ó Breandáin
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Superstitions.People believed that it was unlucky to meet a red haired woman when setting out on a journey, or when going to a fair or market.It was also considered unlucky to get the first view of a new moon through glass, or to meet one magpie. They had a rhyme that ran like this:-One for sadness,
Two for mirth,
Three for a wedding,
Four for a birth,
Five for silver,
Six for gold,
Seven for a story that never was told.Amongst other things supposed to bring bad luck was the sweeping out (of) of ashes or(continues on next page)- Collector
- Rita Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Creggs, Co. Galway
- Informant
- M. J. Kelly
- Gender
- Unknown
- Address
- Creggs, Co. Galway