Summary: Sowing Seed 
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                        In rural Ulster there was a tradition followed by farmers sowing corn.  The seed was loaded onto a cart drawn by a horse, but the farmer also carried a sowing sheet full of corn over his shoulder.  It was thought to be lucky if a farmer had a full hand of corn either to throw to birds or to offer to any poor person he might meet. 
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