School: Araglin (C.), Cill Úird (roll number 9248)

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Araglin, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Caitlín Ní Cheallacháin
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    In our townland they say if the potatoes were not planted on, or before, the twenty-fifth of March that that farmer would not have any potato that year.
    That is nonsense because my father told me that he knew a man who planted potatoes on the twenty seventh of March and that he had a great crop of potatoes that year.
    If a cow had two calves on Easter Sunday it is said to be for good luck or bad luck.
    I heard my mother say if Friday was wet that the following week would be wet.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
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    English