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School: An Clochán (C.)

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Cloghan, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Mairéad, Bean Uí Ghionnáin
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  1. The Lore of Certain Days (continued)

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    Monday for health,
    Tuesday for wealth,
    Wednesday the best day of all,
    Thursday for losses,
    Friday for crosses,
    and Saturday no day at all,
    People round here usually sow potatoes from the 1st of April to the 31st of May as they say it is the best time of the year for sowing potatoes.
    The first three days in April are called "borrowed days", and in the olden times the cattle on the land could speak their own speech, and there was an old cow who
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Winnie Feighery
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    15
    Informant
    Mr James Devery
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    69
    Address
    Cloghan, Co. Offaly