School: Island Parish
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Seán Ó Móráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 394
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- 2 ad Meiceam 1938.
The Lore of Days.
Monday is counted as an unlucky day for throwing out ashes because if you throw out the ashes on a Monday th you throw out the week's luck.
Tuesday is a lucky day to throw it out.
Wednesday is a lucky day to get married and people like to get married on that day.
Thursday is a lucky day to throw out ashes.
Friday is noted as a lucky day when people are leaving one house to go to another and it is also a lucky day for applying ointment. it is a lucky day to start building a house.
Satuday is a bad day to begin to work because a work begun on a Saturday will never be ended.
The 21st/of December is the best day for sowing onions and the 21st/of June is the best day for pulling them.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Richard Bracken
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castletown, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Joseph Bracken
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castletown, Co. Offaly
