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IN IRELAND IF YOU ARE GOING TO THE COUNTY FAIR AND ON
YOUR WAY YOU CHANCE TO SEE A REDHEAD, YOU WILL RETURN
HOME AT ONCE AND NOT GO TO THE FAIR, FOR IT WOULD
BE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS FROM MY IRISH ROOMMATE WHEN I WAS IN
SCHOOL IN DUBLIN LAST YEAR. THE GIRL I HEARD IT FROM
WAS FROM THE WEST OF IRELAND AND BELIEVED IN THE
SUPERSTITION.
Where learned: IRELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 00-00-1970