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School: Corbally, Roscrea (roll number 7736)

Location:
Corville, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire, Bean de Brún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0548, Page 164

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    Cutting hair on a Monday, a tailor is not supposed to cut out a suit of clothes on Monday. A grave should not be dug on Monday except a sod is cut on a Sunday or Saturday before, but you may remove into a new house on a Monday. Irish, loma luain proverb. Má's leat a bheith buan, na dein do ghearadh luain, ná Seilbh Sathruinn. Removing into a new house . Imrídh na h-aoine ó thuaidh, imrídh an lúain ó dheas, imrídh an Domhnaigh , imríd Cabharach, imrídh na Céadaoine, imríd eugcaoneach. Imrídh an t-Sathrinn. Imrídh mharnach. Unlucky to take sick on May Eve, or in fact any day in May. A child born around the Whitsuntide is supposed to have an unlucky stroke, (Droch iareacht). Whit Monday (Luan Cincíse). An unlucky day to shear sheep.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mrs Browne
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Informant
    Seamús O' Keefe
    Gender
    Male