School: Eiscreach (roll number 13945)
- Location:
- Eskeragh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0153, Page 116
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A Local Song (continued)
“It was in the charming month of June,”
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.- If you were to ask a question, or say something & then forgot about it just [as?] the opportunity arose to say it, people would say - : "It must be a lie when you cannot think of it".Pentecost Sunday for accidents ; avoid anything which might cause an accident.Better for man that he never were born, than have his nails on a Sunday shorn.Cut them on Monday cut them for wealth, cut them on Tuesday cut them for health, cut them on Wednesday cut them for better, cut them on Thursday cut them for a letter, cut them on Friday cut them for a wife, cut them on Saturday cut them for a long live, cut them on Sunday cut them for evil, for all of that week you will be ruled by the devil.