School: Cashen, Baile Dubh, Tráighlí (roll number 14992)

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1. Card Playing and Cards

   

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   If a person put a four-leaved shamrock into your pocket when you're playing cards, you would win. It isn't right to kneel down playing cards. It isn't right to whistle over cards. It isn't right to burn cards. It isn't right to cut cards in your hand when people are playing cards. You'll have no luck if you sit under a rafter when you're playing cards. If a person sits under the 3rd rafter of the house when he's playing cards, he'll have no luck. It isn't right to look at another person's cards over his shoulder. If a red four was the first card in your hand, you'ld have a bad hand of cards. If you were telling fortunes with cards, tis unlucky to let them fall on a white cloth. If you were going to play cards, + took the pack in your pocket, you'ld have bad luck. Tis an unlucky sign to turn a card when you are playing. The old woman said to keep the diamond.

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   1. gníomhaíochtaí
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2. Feet Water

   

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   Women in olden times would never wash their feet unless a man would be inside to wash his feet before them. If the man wasn't inside they'ld bring in the cock, and wash the cock's feet.
   It isn't right to throw out feet water at night, because you'ld stop the good people from coming in.
   You should never leave feet-water inside in the house by night.
   Don't ever throw out feet-water until the last of the family is in.
   You should never wash your feet on the hearth.
   It isn't right to have a boy wash his feet in the house first.

   

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