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School: Cill Bhriotáin (C.) (roll number 11728)

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    “Sick persons should not be visited on Monday or Friday.”

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    Sick persons should not be visited on
    Monday or Friday
    Persons whose clothes caught fire were
    considered unlucky
    It was considered unlucky to look in a
    Mirror at night time
    It is not right to whistle at night
    A spinning wheel should not be taken in a boat.
    No reference should be made to a dog
    While fishing is in progress as the
    Fishermen claim it would bring ill-luck
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    “About one hundred years ago there lived in the parish of Kinsale a poor baker.”

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Timothy Crowley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilbrittain, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs Crowley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilbrittain, Co. Cork