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School: Carraig Uí Ulla (Carrigagulla), Baile na Groighe

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Carrigagulla, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Hanluain
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  1. The Lore of Certain Days

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    Long ago the old people thought it was unlucky to do certain work on certain days. None of them would remove from one house[?] to another on Monday, or do any clipping on that day, because there is an old saying "Ná bheadh lonra an Luain orth"
    Anyone would'nt start building a house on a Thursday. It is called Diardaoin Dubh. It is said when Saint Patrick came to Ireland there was a huge serpent in south of Ireland, and St Patrick drove him into a lake, on Thursday and he said to the serpent "Fan annsan go dtí lá an Luain" and the serpent said to Patrick "Á is fada an Luain é á Pádráig" and the serpent then cursed Thursday.
    Long ago the people of this district [?] anything set on Good Friday wouldn't fail.
    Láetheannea na bó riabhaiche:-
    Those are the last days of
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Nora Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Annagannihy, Co. Cork