School: Clochar N. Muire, Loch gCarman

Location:
Wexford, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Sr. Breandán
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    prevent the fairies from taking the baby.
    Pins :
    See a pin and pick it up
    All the day you'll have good luck,
    See a pin and pass it by,
    You'll need that pin before you'll die.

    Red - haired Women.
    If a man was going to the fair and he met a red-haired woman, he should turn back, or bad luck would attend him all that day.
    Spoons.
    (1) If you find two spoons in your cup there will be a christening,
    or if not you will have two men.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English