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School: Cill Iubhair (roll number 10095)

Location:
Killure Beg, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Ceithearnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0028, Page 0053

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    The Lore of Certain Days
    When people start to do any work it is on a lucky day. This day is said to be "Friday". They say that if they sow their crops on a Friday that the crops will be abundant. They never like to sow their crops later than the 5th April.
    Saturday is an unlucky day. If a person starts work on that day he will be at that work for seven Saturdays. There is a rhyme about the days of the week. "Monday for health. Tuesday for wealth. Wednesday the best day of all. Thursday for losses. Friday for crosses and Saturday no day at all."
    People change into new houses on a Friday. They also begin to plough and it is said that if the crop is sown
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Grady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilcloony, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Grady
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcloony, Co. Galway