School: Lios Dubh (C.)
- Location:
- Lisduff, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Chuinn
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- The Lore of Certain Days.There are certain days looked upon as being lucky. If a person was (?) to another person to measure (?) is head, or for a spraining thread,
(?) was on Mondays and Thursdays he (?).
People begin the work any day of the week they are ready. When people are changing from one house to another it is on Friday they change.
When people are getting married they like to get married on a Wednesday.
There is a little rhyme about marriage. This is it, Monday for wealth, Tuesday for health, Wednesday the best day of all, Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses and Saturday no good at all.
March is always a severe(continues on next page)- Collector
- Annie Murtagh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Castleroyan, Co. Mayo