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School: Ballycloghan, Ardagh (roll number 9827)

Location:
Ballycloghan, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Mary Ledwith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0754, Page 114

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    facing the rising sun as it is the sign of good luck When about to build a new house put four sticks standing one in each corner in the evening. If standing in the morning you are free to build as the good people have no objection. If any of the good sticks is knocked do not build there It is unlucky to wear a waistcoat when fishing It is unlucky for a man to be successful in fishing. It is very unlucky if one of the chains break when starting to plough you will not have much success that season
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Violet Ledwith
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballycloghan, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Edward York
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Barney, Co. Longford