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Superstition, Folklore & Myth from Ireland

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Introduction:
"Do You Know Any Irish Superstitions, Myths and Folklore?"


1. What profession do leprechauns traditionally have (besides just being a leprechaun)?
    Barber
    Banker
    Shoemaker
    Bartender


2. I suppose you will have heard of "kissing the Blarney Stone"!
What makes people 'pucker their lips' and plant a great, big, wet smacker on this piece of ancient limestone?
    It is said to bring an adventurous and interesting life to that person
    It is said to heal the broken hearts of spurned lovers
    It is said to bring the power of eloquent speech to that person
    It is said to bring luck in money, love and health to that person


3. In Irish old wives tales, once married and on the wedding night, which ever one of the newly married pair goes to sleep first will be the first to what?
    Die
    Laugh
    Cry
    Scream


4. What was considered to be good practice to prevent tooth ache?
    Drinking two cups of whiskey per day
    Saluting the four points of the compass
    Chewing daisies and buttercups
    Carrying a haddock's jawbone around


5. In old Irish superstition, which day of the week is it considered unlucky to marry on?
    Saturday
    Monday
    Sunday
    Tuesday


6. In Irish superstition, if a black cat crosses a person's path on a moon-lit night what does it mean?
    Bad weather the next day
    Good fortune
    Death in an epidemic
    Good weather the next day


7. In old Irish custom, after a bride was married in Ireland, what did she and her new husband have to do after leaving the wedding?
    They had to avoid right angles and to take all left turns on the way home
    They took a different route home after the wedding, than the one the bride used going there
    They had to run a mile, jump a style and eat a country pancake
    They had to hug an oak tree and tie a bit of the wedding dress ribbon to it


8. In Irish superstition, to deliberately kill a cat causes what to happen?
    A visit from the evil, giant cat spirit
    Seventeen years of bad luck
    Development of facial warts and moles with hair growth
    Fined and put in jail for a decent period of time


9. Early Irish astrologers were known as what name?
    Anu
    Airbe Druad
    Neladoir
    Cenad


10. The national emblem of Ireland is better known as the "shamrock".
However, it has mystical beginnings and has been known as what other name(s)?
    Trefolage or Brigit's weed
    Seamroy or Trefoil
    Drieleaf or Paddy's Trine
    None of these


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