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School: Caisleán Uí Liatháin (C.) (roll number 6845)

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Castlelyons, Co. Cork
Teacher:
S. Ní Mhuchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0381, Page 198

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  1. The Lore of Certain Days

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    Tuesday is the lucky day in this area.
    Children come to school for the 1st time always on a Tuesday.
    The locals hold that it is unlucky to "cut out" on a Monday - cut hair on a Monday - enter a new house or begin a new job on a Monday, dig a grave on a Monday.
    It is unlucky for a sick person to get out of bed on a Friday.
    It is unlucky to leave a house on a Friday.
    If you bought animals on a Sunday the most of them would die.
    Some say that ploughing begun on a Thursday will never be finished.
    Potatoes should be "in" before March 17th.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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