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“You should never give a present of a purse without money, it is considered unlucky.”

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Gretta Goulden

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“You should never give a pen, knife or any such shape thing to anybody, without firsat sticking it into wood.”

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Sadie Goulden

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“You will have no luck with your first if you give away a clocking hen.”

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Mrs Jinks

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“You should never exchange a setting of eggs until your own are hatched else you will have no birds that year.”

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Mrs Jinks

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“On November's nigh a girl goes straight out blindfolded to a cabbage field and pulls a cabbage stalk.”

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Sadie Goulden

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Tales of Superstitions and Legends from North Leitrim

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Puzzles

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Robert Allen

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“The tongue of a weasel would take a thorn out of one's hand.”

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Desmond Boyers

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“It is considered unlucky to look at he new moon through glass.”

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