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School: Coill an Gharráin (roll number 14865)

Location:
Killacorraun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Riagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 373

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    unlucky for them to do so Friday is supposed to be the luckiest day of the week for (getting married or) starting ploughing. Monday, Wedensday, and Friday are supposed to be unlucky days for getting married. It is supposed that if you cried or went visiting on New Years day that you would be doing the same thing very day in the year. It is supposed that the first person who brings water from a well from which most of the people of the village were bringing water would have a lot of butter for the following year when he churned. The people of the village would get nothing but froth. The people say it is unlucky to lend money on that day.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás Ó Leonard
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killacorraun, Co. Mayo