School: Kildavin, Ferns
- Location:
- Kildavin, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Tadhg de Brí
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- (continued from previous page)you will live or die.
They had another old saying which told the lucky and unlucky days people were born on; - "Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace. Wednesday's child will work for its living. Thursday's child is kind and giving Friday's child is full of woe, Saturday's child has far to go but the child born on the Sabbath day is bright merry and gay.
Another old saying "Cut your nails on Monday cut them for health, cut them on Tuesday cut them for wealth, cut them on Wednesday cut them for news, cut them on Thursday cut them for a new pair of shoes, cut them on Friday cut them for sorrow, cut them on Saturday you will see your swet heart to - morrow.
From the 12th to the 17th of April are borrowed from March to skin the old cow. People sow potatoes from the 1st March to the 10th of May They sow corn about the 10th of April.
- Collector
- Eily Harmon
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Sinnott
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 66
- Occupations
- Farmer's wife
- Shopkeeper's wife
- Address
- Kildavin, Co. Carlow
