(gan teideal)

“People believe it unlucky to pay bills on Monday.”

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(gan teideal)

“It is not right for two in one family to marry within a year.”

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Miss Matthews

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“You shouldn't keep a white cock or your husband would die.”

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Miss Matthews

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Riddle

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Mrs Matthews

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“Ink, aul under bank”

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Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“Why does a hen cross the road?”

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Bertie Boyers

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“The first person to take a can of water from a well on Michaelmas Day will haul the butter of the owner of the land in which the well is until May Day.”

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Mrs Matthews

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“It is not lucky for two in the one family to eat sheep's kidney.”

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Mary Gaughan

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“If you meet a magpie you'll have sorrow unless you spit and bow to it.”

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Miss Matthews

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“It is not lucky to throw out dirty water etc on New Year's Day- you throw away your luck.”

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Miss Matthews

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“I have a little red house tied up in a stall”

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Miss Matthews

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“To make a magpie talk, split its tongue with a sixpence.”

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Sadie Goulden

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“Never cut a love bush or some misfortune will befall you.”

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Sadie Goulden

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“It is believed that a ferret's leavings will cure a whooping cough.”

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Mrs Jinks

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“It is considered unlucky to cut a hazel tree or a blackthorn bush.”

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Mrs Jinks

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“It is believed that if a horse's hair is put into water it will eventually turn into an eel.”

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Gretta Goulden

Tras-scríbhinn

To Cure a Wart

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Sadie Goulden

Tras-scríbhinn

Another Cure for a Wart

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Sadie Goulden

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“It is considered unlucky to lend salt.”

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Mrs Jinks

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“The breaker of a mirror will it is said have seven years of bad luck.”

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