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School: Bigstone, Baltinglas (roll number 14643)

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Ballyraggan, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Héilighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0782, Page 208

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  1. The Lore of Certain Days

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    In this district days are looked upon as unlucky and lucky. Saturday is an unlucky day and Thursday is a lucky day. Remedies are applied. for pains on Tuesdays.
    People do not like changing from one house to another, on Saturday because the old people said that if you go into a new house on Saturday that you would be in only for a short time, because it is an unlucky day.
    There was a woman one time who was getting a new house built, and she said, that she would
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kavanagh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockroe, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    Mrs Kavanagh
    Gender
    Female