School: Knocknagilla
- Location:
- Knocknagillagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Mac Giolla Críost
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- (continued from previous page)from April and the " old cow throws up her tail". But if March pays them back, the old cow dies.
The old people did'nt like lending anything on May eve as they were afraid their "luck" would go with it.
Whit Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, are said to be unlucky days for performing operations. Anything cut is hard to heal, anything born on those days is unlucky, and is called a "Kinkenshoughs". - The lucky days for making the cure of the "strain" are Monday and Thursday. For going to a situation Friday is a lucky day and Saturday is an unlucky day.
The lucky days for getting married are on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Potatoes are usually set on the eighteenth of March.