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School: Lorg an Iarla (roll number 13590)

Location:
Lurganearly, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
E. Ní Choilldubh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0942, Page 081

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  1. The Lore of Certain Days (continued)

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    fair of face.
    Tuesday's child is full of grace
    Wednesday's child is a child of woe,
    Thursday's child has far to go,
    Friday's child is loving and giving
    Saturday's child must work for its living.
    But the child that is born on the Sabbath Day is good and truthful and happy and gay.
    We often have cold weather in April and May and they are called borrowed days from March.
    Sometimes we have sunny days in March borrowed from April. St. Colmcille prophesied that before the end of the world people would not know the difference in the seasons only by the trees and bushes.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr R. Douglas
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    46
    Address
    Alsmeed, Co. Monaghan