School: Cortown (roll number 3113)

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1. Homemade Toys (continued)

   

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   "Put the Old Man to Bed", "Throw the Old Man out of bed" and "Stir the Stirabour" are the other movements.

   

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2. Lore of Certain Days

   

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   The people liked to begin the spring ploughing on a Friday. They planted an "early pot" on Friday. They began the sowing of oats on the same day and they liked to put in the first pieces of furniture on a Friday when flitting. It was said that when the bud comes on the ash it was too late to plant potatoes. Potatoes were not planted until after St. Patrick's Day except for a little "gallyog" put in on the 16th March called "Patricks pot". The "early pot" or early varieties were always dug before the 29th June.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)
   2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs James Smyth

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kells, Co. Meath

3. Lore of Certain Days

   

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   "Saturday flitting makes a short sitting."
   "Marry in May and you'll rue the day"
   The power of certain days to affect the happiness

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