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School: Gleann Gabhna, Tulach an Iarainn

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Glengoura Lower, Co. Cork
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Máire Ní Dhubhshláinghe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0380, Page 251

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  1. Special Days

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    Long ago the old people had special days for working and sometimes they would not do a certain thing on a certain day. There are certain days sometimes now but they are not as strict as they were long ago.
    Monday was a day of washing, Tuesday a day of churning, Wednesday going to the Market, Thursday ironing the clothes, Friday sewing the clothes, Saturday cleaning up the house and polishing the shoes, Sunday a day of rest or sport.
    Tailors would not cut suits of clothes on Monday, and people would not get hair cut on Monday. The old people would not skin a beast on Monday and it is said that if they did they would be skinning
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Hogan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcronat, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs Ellen Hogan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilcronat, Co. Cork