School: Connach, Inis Céin (roll number 10557)

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1. Unlucky Signs (continued)

   

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   house for any thing when going on a journey.
   14 It is unlucky to give a scissors as a present as it cuts friendship, The person who gets the scissors should give a coin in order to break the spell.
   15 It is unlucky to give a pin to anybody without sticking it in wood.
   16 It is unlucky to wear green.

   

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   There was once a boy who worked very hard for his master. When the first year was out the master said your year is gone but he gave him nothing. The same thing happenned and in the end of the third year he gave him three farthings. He went away and he met a lupreachán who asked him for the money. The man gave him the money and got a fiddle a gun

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   AT0592: The Dance Among Thorns

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eibhlín Ní Cruadhlaoich

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   10

   Address

   Connagh, Co. Cork