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School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)

Location:
Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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    7. If you are going on a long journey and if the first person you meet is a man you will be lucky.
    8. When a person is getting married it is right to throw something after them.
    9. When a person is card playing it is lucky to stick a need in his clothes.
    10. If a person is going astray it is right to turn some of their clothes inside out or to start to curse.
    11. If you let salt fall it is right to throw some of it over your shoulder.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rose Niland
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Martin Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Tyrone, Co. Galway