School: Willistown, Dunleer (roll number 7597)

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1. Beliefs

   

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   Descendants of a mermaid have shiny eyes Finding a horse shoe is considered lucky: the more nails in it, the better. If you spill salt you can avert the bad luck by throwing a pinch on the fire. A lone bush is the abode of the fairies and should not be touched. A man going to a fair to sell cattle meeting a red-haired woman, will sell nothing that day. A Whitsuntide child is considered unlucky. He invariably hits any person or thing he fired at. A wound caused by a blow from such a person was difficult to heal. Marriage in May is Taboo. To ensure good luck a loaf of bread is broke over the head of a bride on the door-step of her new home.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   John Callaghan

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Smith

   Address

   Mountdoyle, Co. Louth

2. Death Omens

   

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   Death Omens
   The Banshee is still believed in. She is supposed to herald the death of members of the Harmon family and other families connected with it - Heaney, Rogers, Osborne.

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