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School: Longueville, Malla (roll number 11332)

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Longueville, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Caitlín Ní Dhonnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0364, Page 263

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    When a man was going to build a house he used to put a sheaf of corn on the top of a pike and run quickly around the farm. Wherever the sheaf fell he would built his house on that spot.
    Some people think it unlucky to start work on a Monday.
    When mothers are sending their children to school for the first time they never send them on a Monday.
    It is unlucky to cut your nails or hair on a Monday or to go to any place.
    When all the corn and hay was saved in the Autumn a dance was held in the farmer's dwelling place or in a barn. This was a time of great enjoyment and thanksgiving. All the neighbours were invited and the farmer's friends. It lasted the whole day and night unitl the following morning.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
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    Eileen O' Leary
    Gender
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