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School: Cilltighearnáin/Kiltiernan (roll number 11812)

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Kiltiernan West, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033C, Page 03_021

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  1. Superstitions

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    The old people have a lot of superstitions and those are some of them.
    1. If a person got a new suit and if he carried salt in the it would bring him luck.
    2. If a knife falls during dinner time you will have a stranger
    3. It is luck to break china or earthenware at a marriage.
    4. It is not lucky to meet a red-haired woman when going to a fair.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Donnchadha
    Gender
    Female