School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)
- Location:
- Gránard, Co. an Longfoirt
- Teacher: Sr. Conception
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of water out of a spring - well before the sun rises on "May - morning." To wash your face with the dew of the grass on May - morning it is said to keep away sun - burn.
It is said to be very lucky to plant a tree or a shrub on Good Friday. Garlic sown on that day has a special cure. The old people had a great belief in beginning work on Monday morning and finishing it if possible on Saturday evening. It is also a rule to have potatoes and oats set and sown before the 26th April, and any crop later than that was called "Cuckoo - potatoes" and "Cuckoo - oats."- Collector
- Kathleen Dawson
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 16
- Address
- An Charraig Dhubh, Co. an Longfoirt
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Dawson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 49
- Address
- An Charraig Dhubh, Co. an Longfoirt