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School: Drumraney (roll number 13571)

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Drumraney, Co. Westmeath
Teachers:
Ml Mc Garry Alice Mc Garry
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    If you break a mirror you will have bad luck.
    If you look at the new moon through glass you will have bad luck.
    If you see one magpie it's sorrow,
    two for joy, three for a birth, four for a marriage and five for a death.
    If you spill salt you will have bad luck.
    If you find a horse shoe you will have good luck.
    If you meet a red haired woman when going on a journey you will have bad luck.
    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
    Teresa Shanley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Fearmore, Co. Westmeath