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School: Rosmead (roll number 7212)

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Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
E. Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0726, Page 098

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  1. Pisreoga (continued)

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    11. If you started to plough on a Monday you would have bad luck.
    12. Turn your apron inside out when you see a new moon.
    13. If a black cat came into a house at night it would bring you good luck.
    14. It is lucky to start to plough on a Tuesday.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Gaffney
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Gaffney
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Clonarney, Co. Westmeath