School: Hackettstown (St Joseph's)
- Location:
- Baile Haicéid, Co. Cheatharlach
- Teacher: M. Ní Raghallaigh
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- Wednesday is supposed to be a lucky day to get married and Saturday is supposed to be an unlucky day. If it rains on St Swithen's day it will rain for forthy days. A wet Friday will bring a wet Sunday. Any sleety day in April is supposed to be a day borrowed from March. Anything or person born on Whit Sunday is called a Whitsuntide and is supposed to be unlucky. Saturday is supposed to be an unlucky day to change from one house to another.
- Collector
- Kitty Gartland
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Matthew Gartland
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- An Baile Breac Mór, Co. Chill Mhantáin