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School: Ballyheaffy (B.), Baile Dubh (roll number 10387)

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Ballyeafy, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0634, Page 106

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    of people who make pishogues on May morning.
    The women around here think Friday a lucky day for setting goose eggs and hen eggs. Some women get a piece of blessed palm and make the sign of the cross on each egg before setting them.
    Tuesday and Friday are considered lucky days to make a change to a house of for going on a journey.
    Tailors and dressmakers would not cut out clothes on a Monday. Neither would a grave be dug on that day. When a person is to be buried on a Monday the grave is dug the day before.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    David Hyland
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Barnahown, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Thomas Hyland
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Barnahown, Co. Tipperary