School: Duleek (C.) (roll number 3114)
- Location:
- Duleek, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Dhonnchadha
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- (continued from previous page)The following legend is connected with Friday:-
Long ago a man built a shop in a street in this village.
He stocked the shop very well & started business on Wednesday. When he left the shop that night he forgot to put out the fire. An old mat in front of the fireplace went on fire from a spark which came from the dying embers. The shop was completely burned before any-one discovered the fire.
Another man started a business on Thursday in the same street. It was also destroyed.
A third man started a business on Friday & it flourished. This gave rise to the opinion that Friday was the luckiest day on which to embark on any enterprise.
