School: Moys (roll number 10837)
- Location:
- Moy Otra, Co. Monaghan
- Teachers: P. Dawson C. Mac an Ghirr
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- (continued from previous page)always good luck.
If you are changing into a enw house Wedensday is a lucky day.
If you break anything on New Years day you will be breaking things the whole year round.
If you set hens on Friday you will be very lucky.
If the time for dropping potatoes is on Good Friday, it is lucky to put them in on that day.
It is lucky to begin work three days after Christmas.
If you are born on Whit Monday or that week you will be killed or drowned. If you cut a bit of your hair on Good Friday you will not have a sore head during the year. Friday is a lucky day for starting any job. It is unlucky to any [?] to anybody on New Year's day. Friday is a lucky day move to another house.
It is unlucky to go into anybody's house on New Years day.
A moon on Saturday drown or burns. A dry May and a drop in June makes the farmer whistle a marry tune.(continues on next page)
