School: Scairt Liath, Mainistir na Corann (roll number 2805)

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   bonfire and then put a piece of it in the garden so that the potatoes might not blacken. When people went walking late at night they carried a hazel stick because it is blessed. When a cock crows before twelve o'clock it is a right to leave what you are doing, quench the light and go to bed.

   

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   It is unlucky to get married on a Friday. It is unlucky to have a person wear green clothes at a wedding. It is very lucky to see a black cat as one is going to his wedding. If one magpie is seen it brings good luck, two brings bad luck, three foretell a wedding, four a funeral, five a gift of silver, six a gift of gold, seven a story that has never been told. To meet pigs on the road on Sunday is very unlucky. Should a man meet a foxy haired girl when he is going fishing he would have no luck that day. To see a star near the moon is a sign of rain. The water used in washing a corpse should not

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)
   2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Séan Ó Rónáin

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Maighréad Bean Uí Rónáin

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   East Ferry, Co. Cork