School: Ballyhahill (C.) (roll number 10686)
- Location:
- Ballyhahill, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: H. Fitzgerald
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- (continued from previous page)A was to take ALL
T " " TAKE one
P " " PUT one down
N " for NOTHING
If half-pennies were played for, this proved a very interesting game. But children generally play with buttons and pins, which they very industriously collected everywhere, even at school.People never started on a journey, or children were never sent to school for the first time on a Monday, as it was considered an unlucky day.
Dressmakers never cut out any garments, nor tradesmen started any fresh work on a Saturday for the same reason. People always said that anything started on a Saturday would never be finished.
Good Friday is looked upon in this district as a very fitting and lucky day, for planting the main crop of potatoes. If planted on that day, they say the crop will be plentiful and good.(continues on next page) - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Annetta Dalton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonlahard East, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mrs James Dalton
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 81
- Address
- Cloonlahard East, Co. Limerick