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School: Kelladone (roll number 5123)

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Killadoon, Co. Mayo
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Padhraic Maguidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137C, Page 02_017

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    There was a great deal of pisreoga in this district. They say it is not right to put out ashes on a may morning or be the first to put up a smoke, they also say if you were going on a journey and to meet a red haired woman you would have no luck the old people say that it is not right to build a house in the place of an old turf stack or in the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    William G. Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Feenune, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Miles Gibbons
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    79
    Address
    Feenune, Co. Mayo