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School: Aughrim (C.)

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Aughrim, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Bean an Phléimeannaigh
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  1. The Lore of Certain Days

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    The Lore of Certain Days
    Friday is a lucky day for moving or opening a business.
    Saturday is unlucky, the old proverb is - "Saturday's flit is a short sit."
    No farmer would start shearing on a Monday.
    Borrowing Days of March
    The old country people have a story about an old cow that was in bad health during the stormy days of March, and when April came the weather got finer and warmer and the old cow got better and she threw up her heels and hurrahed for liberty, then March borrowed three days from April to kill the old cow.
    On New Year's Day no person
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Molly Mason
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aughrim, Co. Wicklow