# ireland eire

Well, it's Saturday... again!

And this week's optional theme as chosen by YOU is
⛵ THE SEA 🌊

Thus sharing all your superstitions with the hashtag from now until late!

Good luck, mateys!

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2020-05-16

The albatross as a superstitious relic is referenced in Coleridge's 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'. It is considered unlucky to kill an albatross; in the poem the narrator kills the bird and his fellow sailors force him to wear the dead bird around his neck.

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2020-05-09

'Last night the sun went pale to bed,
The moon in halos hid her head.'
This is from Superstitions of the Irish Country People, by Padraic O'Farrell. It is said to be a portent of a change in the weather.

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2020-04-25