School: Coolderry
- Location:
- Coolderry, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: L. Mac Conriada
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- The lore of certian(certain) daysOn monday you should not put out ashes.
You should begin on a friday to plough or till the land
It is not lucky to begin to plough or till on a monday.
people belive (believe) in all those customs.
People do not build houses on monday they always build on a friday.
It is not right to sow potatoes on a monday.
early potatoes are sowed about the 15 of March.
Late potatoes are sowed about the 5 of May.
Monday is the most unluckys day of the week.
Colman O' Carroll
Coolderry
Brosna
Offaly- Collector
- Colman O' Carroll
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coolderry, Co. Offaly
- Local Place names
A field called the ten acre hill.
A field called the furry hill.
How it got its name was that there was a ring of furrs (furze) in the middle of a field
The rock is a shape of a man it is called the hag. It is in a field called the back field. How it got its name was that it is the shape of a hag.
There was a grove called the three corner grove.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Colman O' Carroll
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coolderry, Co. Offaly