School: St. Brigid's, Newbliss (roll number 4192)
- Location:
- Newbliss, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: John Cunningham
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- The people considered certain days unlucky and would not move to a new home on Saturday; they considered - "A Saturday's flit is a short sit."They considered it good to start planting potatoes, beans, etc on Good Friday.Whit Sunday was thought unlucky and a dangerous day to go near water for fear of being drowned; and Whit Monday an unlucky birth day.To put out the ashes on May Day would bring bad luck to the house.Getting the first water from a well on 1st May would bring good luck.Putting out ashes before the butter was taken off the milk caused little to be got from the churn.
- Collector
- Margaret Mc Dermott
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Newbliss, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Samuel Armstrong
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 4686