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School: Mín a Ghabhann (Meenagowan) (roll number 16823)

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Mín an Ghabhann, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Glacáin
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    This is an old saying the old people had. If you get the four leaf clover it id as sign of good luck.
    It was an old saying The first of may to get a pole and put it standing in the midden and tie a bunch of sagans on the top of it and you will have luck for the year.
    “Don’t mention it till you are a mile ou of the town,
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Ní Méallaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Raithnigh, Co. Donegal