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School: Coill an Gharráin (roll number 14865)

Location:
Killacorraun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Riagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 377

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    a new house, or to start living in a new house. Wedensday is a lucky day to get married, Whit Sunday is an unlucky day to bathe in the water, It is unlucky to sow oats when the moon is filling, It is unlucky to rain on the twelveth of July because it will rain for forty days and forty nights afterwards, Shrove is a very lucky time of the year to get married, It begins after Christmas and it ends before Lent. It is unlucky to be born on Whit Sunday because that person will be very cross and strong, It is unlucky to be born on Whit Sunday also because if that person fires at anything it will
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bríghid Ní Granáchan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Creevy, Co. Mayo