School: Cloonty
- Location:
- Cloonty, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Michael Mac Gowan
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- There were numbers of superstitions connected with magpies.
If a person saw one magpies it was a sign that they would have bad luck.
Two magpies were the sign of good luck.
Three magpies seen together was the sign that there was to be a wake
Four magpies seen together was the sign that a wedding was to be.
Five magpies was for silver
Six " " " gold.
Seven for a secret that cannot be told.If one magpie comes about a house it is said that the people of the house will get a letter.If a person's right hand was itchy it is the sign that he will get a strange shake-hands.
If his left hand was itchy it is the sign that he will get money.- Collector
- Kate Gallagher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolagraffy, Co. Sligo