School: Drumcrave
- Location:
- Drumcrauve, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Ss. Mac Giolla Choinnigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0975, Page 266
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- It is said that if you get married on a Saturday you will have bad luck for seven years, and if you get married on a Friday, or on a Wednesday you will have good luck till you die.
- Collector
- Willie Britton
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Main Street, Co. Cavan
- Saturday is considered an unlucky day for beginning any work, especially changing from one house to another because, "Saturday's flitting is counted a short (a short) sitting." But some people count it a lucky day for setting hens, because God made the birds on Saturday.
There is a certain cure for a hack in a cow's foot, which is made on Mondays and Thursdays, and also(continues on next page) - Collector
- Michael Young
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumcrauve, Co. Cavan
