School: Newtown, Fertullagh
- Location:
- Newtownlow, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: K. Shumacher
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- (continued from previous page)a threshing mill.190 I have a little sister out in the field;
And when you pull her arm, her nose will bleed?
A pump.191. When a black boy dies what do the others do?
They go blackberrying. black (burying)192. What kind of a field is best for dancing?
A hop-field.193. Black and white and went up the hill,
Black came down, but white stood still?
A hen laying an egg. - When the bride is choosing her wedding clothes, she remembers that she must wear "something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue".These lines are often quoted when choosing the day."Monday for health,
Tuesday for wealth,
Wednesday the best day of all,
Thursday for losses,
Friday for crosses,
Saturday no day at all."(continues on next page)- Collector
- Eirene Matthews
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynagore, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Mr P. Malone
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockmore, Co. Westmeath