School: Newtown (roll number 3275)
- Location:
- Creevagh, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Conbháidh
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- (continued from previous page)day throw candle and candle stick away.
Potato-onions are planted on the shortest day in the year, and pulled on the longest day.
There are certain days for sowing crops in this district. The potatoes are best when sown on the 30th March or on the 2nd or 3r of April and the corn in the end of April.
An old proverb about people casting off clothes is "The 1st of June is never too soon, the 1st of May may leave you in the clay."
December is considered a dead month and seeds sown in that month will never grow.
the following is an old verse regarding the days of the week:-"Mondays child is fair of face,
Tuesdays child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go,
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for its living,
And a child that is born on the Sabbath day,
Is fair and wise, and good and gay."
- Collector
- John Courtney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bigstown, Co. Meath
- Collector
- Rose Halpin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Woodtown Upper, Co. Meath
- Informant
- James Halpin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Woodtown Upper, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Peter Courtney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bigstown, Co. Meath
