School: An Clochar, Cúil Mhaoile
- Location:
- Collooney, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: An tSr. Teresita
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- Tuesdays and Thursdays are days looked upon as being the best for curing ringworm and the person must be at the abode of the one who has the cure of the ringworm before the sun sets.
In Spring the farmers start ploughing at no fixed date
Fridays and Saturdays are thought unlucky for changing from one house to another, it is said that Saturday's flitting makes a short sitting
If the oats is not sown before the Cuckoo comes it will not grow and there will be no oats for that year. - Transcription guide »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.
- Collector
- Nora Taheny
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Castledargan, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- John Taheny
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Castledargan, Co. Sligo