School: Liath-Mhuine
- Location:
- Leaffony, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Fhionnlaoich
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- In this district Friday is thought a very lucky day to begin work such as house building, ploughing or changing from one house to another.
Certain cures cannot be affected until special day. Thursday and Monday are thought lucky for making cures for pains in the head, and taking dirt out of the eye.
The Cross Day falls on Whit Sunday. It is said that if you cut your finger on that day, it will bleed for a twelve months, or if there is a child born on that day it will be very cross, and it will have one white eye, that is a cricket eye turned in with the pupil.
According to variety any time between the thirty first of February and the thirty first of March potatoes should be planted. But now a day with the advent of sprouting, we may extend the time until the sixth of May.
The appropriate(continues on next page)- Collector
- John F. Murray
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathlee, Co. Sligo