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1. Lore of Certain Days (continued)

   

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   and if you do not spit out they say it is the sign of bad luck.
   They say that if you break a cc cup or anything like that you will break three of the same things that day.
   If you put your stockings on inside out and if you leave them inside out it is the sign of good luck.
   My mother said that on Halloween some girls would gather together and they would melt lead in a pot and they would steal a widow's key off the door. Then they would pour the melted lead into the hole of the key and whatever figure came out in the lead they would know what their husbands would be like. If a saw came out it is the sign that their husband will be a carpenter. Another custom on Hallowe'en is if there is a girl and her boy roast two beans and if they put the two beans together and if one of them jumps away they won't be married at all and

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   T. Moore

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Listowel, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Mrs Moore

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   45

   Address

   Listowel, Co. Kerry