School: Gurteen, Ballymahon
- Location:
- Gorteenclareen, Co. Longford
- Teacher: F. Ó Murchadha
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- (continued from previous page)will be giving them free all year People strive to make some money on hansel Monday. They believe they will be making money all the year then. The eggs that were laid on Good Friday will keep from six to twelve months and they are a good cure for a headache to eat them. Loud noise kills chickens in the shell before they come out and it is said that if you put an iron in the fire they will not be killed with the noise. Friday is a good day to start work as it was an old saying Monday Sunday's brother ,
Tuesday such an other
Wensday fast and pray
Thursday market-day
Friday the day to begin
and Saturday market again
If you are not ready to cut turf cut a day's work on the Friday in May and leave(continues on next page)- Collector
- Pauline Gerety
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gorteenclareen, Co. Longford
- Informant
- James Coughlan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 82
- Address
- Daroge, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mrs Casey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Ardoghil, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mrs Gerety
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 34
- Address
- Gorteenclareen, Co. Longford