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School: Carlanstown (roll number 884)

Location:
Carlanstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Gérbheannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0708, Page 091

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    If you meet a red-haired woman on the road in the morning you will have bad luck.
    If you fall in a grave-yard you will be buried inside a year.
    If you sweep out a floor in the morning you sweep out all the luck.
    If you hang a horse shoe upside down all the luck falls out.
    If you see nine black cats you will win the sweep
    If a black cat comes to you, you will have good luck
    If you count sixty white horses you will get a shakehands.
    If you break a mirror you will have seven years bad luck.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
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