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School: Coiscéim (B.) (roll number 3886)

Location:
Kishkeam Lower, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0356, Page 069

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  1. The Lore of Certain Days

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    Mondays and Fridays are supposed to be unlucky days, and Tuesdays Wednesdays and Sundays are lucky day.
    People beginning work would not start on Monday or Saturday and it is said that if a new work is begun on Saturday it is not finished. The cross-day is not known in this district. Any crop that is sown on Good Friday is sure to grow.
    All potatoes sown after the cuckoo is first heard, are supposed to be no good. The first twelve days of April are called "Riabhac" days. There is a belief that if Swithin's day comes wet the next forty days will be wet and if it is fine, the next forty will be fine.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tim Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kishkeam Lower, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Tim Hickey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Kishkeam Lower, Co. Cork