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School: Stamullen (roll number 3181)

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Stamullen, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Uí Ghamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0685, Page 380

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    and crowing hen is worse than the devil with all his men."
    To see a magpie is the sign of bad luck.
    "One for bad luck,
    Two for good luck,
    Three for a wedding,
    Four for a birth,
    Five for a silver,
    Six for gold,
    Seven for a secret never to be told."
    A child born on whit Monday is supposed to be unlucky. To break the spell a hole is made at a
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