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School: Cuilleán

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Cuillaun, Co. Mayo
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León P. Mac Eachmharaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0098, Page 039

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0098, Page 039

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  4. XML “The Lore of Certain Days”

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  1. Toys and Pastimes (continued)

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  2. The Lore of Certain Days

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    If people have any sort of sores it is believed that if they visit a Church on Good Friday they would be healed. People sow potatoe seed on that day also. People usually start building houses on that day or if the houses are built by that time they transfer the furniture into them and occupy them that very night. He told him that Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday are unlucky days for getting married while Wednesday and Thursday are lucky. It is said that if a person got
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