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School: Carraigíní (roll number 11693)

Location:
Carrigans Lower, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Thos. Mc Gettrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0080

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  1. The Lore of Certain Days

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    Monday and Thursday are said to be lucky days for a person to get a dust removed from eye.
    Tuesday and Friday are said to be lucky days for getting the cure of the ring-worm.
    Friday and Monday are the luckiest days to point gooseberry thorns to a sty on the eye.
    People do not like starting work on unlucky days. Saturday is an unlucky day for starting anything such as building houses or ploughing or sowing crops such as oats, potatoes etc. It is said that if a person started work such as building a barn on Saturday they would never get it finished they would have to throw it. If a person is changing
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rosie Scanlon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrigans Lower, Co. Sligo