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School: Calary, Bray

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Calary Lower, Co. Wicklow
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0912, Page 117

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  1. The Lore of Certain Days (continued)

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    luckiest day for setting eggs.
    The farmers of this district like to have all their potatoes in before the National Holiday the seventeenth of March. They generally begin to plough on the beginning of the week as it said if you begin on the last day of the week you will be the last in the district at finishing the work.
    Everyone likes to get money on "Hansel Monday" in this district as it is said if you get money on that day you will be getting money all the year round. It comes on the first Monday in the New Year.
    When the snow falls its is the "dogs Harvest" he plays about tossing up the snow with his feet and chasing rabbits.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice Sutton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glasnamullen, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mr John Sutton
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Glasnamullen, Co. Wicklow