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Drumnatread, Co. Cavan
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S. Stonndúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1020, Page 047

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  1. Local Superstition (continued)

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    a window-pane it would be very unlucky.
    The place where a young mayor foals it is believed that a four-leafed shamrock would grow there.
    It is believed that if you would start a job of a Saturday or of a Tuesday it would be unlucky. "Saturdays flit is a short sit".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. Local Superstition

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    Mrs Johnnie Clarke reads the cards and Mary Susan Donohoe reads the cups. None of them ever read anything which came true. It is said it is unlucky to meet a magpie on the road early in the morning. the following are two rhymes heard locally about meeting magpies.
    "One for sorrow
    Two for mirth
    Three for marriage
    And four for a birth
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josie Murtagh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bindoo, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Murtagh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bindoo, Co. Cavan