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School: Kilsarcon (B.), Fearann Fuar (roll number 14797)

Location:
Kilsarkan West, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0445, Page 345

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  1. Lucky and Unlucky Days

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    (5) It is unlucky to draw blood on a Monday.
    (6) It is unlucky to clip a head on Monday night.
    (7) It is unlucky to kill a pig on Xmas eve.
    (8) If a person took a coal of fire out of the house on May Day, the people of that house would have no turf for the year.
    (9) Some people used to make butter on May eve and put it up on a ditch on May Day, and whenever they made a churn during the year, they put some of the butter made on May eve into the churn.
    (10) Anything planted on Good Friday was supposed to grow.
    Florence Mahony (Age 78)
    Rathnaleen
    Farranfore
    Co Kerry
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    (11) Old people say it is very unlucky to start work on a Saturday, because it would never finish.
    (12) When a person is going playing cards, it brings him luck to stoop under a briar growing from both ends.
    (13) When a person is playing cards it brings him luck if somebody sticks a pin in his coat unknown to him.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Walter Costello
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Shanawillen, Co. Kerry