School: Dunree
- Location:
- Dunreagh, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad Condún
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- (continued from previous page)by hitting the tea leaf with closed fist till it sticks to the right hand naming the day of the week with each stroke.
There is a rhyme connected with the cutting of nails runs as follows:
Cut them on Monday,
Cut them for health,
Cut them on Tuesday,
Cut them for wealth,
Cut them on Wednesday,
Cut them for new,
Cut them on Thursday for a
new pair of shoes,
Cut them on Friday,
Cut them for sorrow,
Cut them on Saturday
you will see your true love to-morrow,
Cut them on Sunday
The devil will be with you all the week.- Collector
- Annie Finglas
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baltrasna, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Dympna Condon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ashbourne, Co. Meath