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School: Fahan (roll number 14479)

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Fahan, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cáitlín L. Nig Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1109, Page 320

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  1. Lore of Certain Days

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    It is unlucky if you start to plough on a Friday. It is unlucky if you get married on a Friday or on a Saturday, Wednesday and Thursday are the luckiest days of the week to get married. Monday is the luckiest day for washing. The farmer is always lucky if he has his corn sown before the first of April. The farmer thinks himself lucky if he has in the half of this crops before Candlemas day.
    There is a story about March borrowing days from April. The last week of March is often good, and the first of April is stormy. These are called borrowed days. If it rains on Swithin's day it will rain for forty days after.
    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
    Hamilton Ferguson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fahan, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Ferguson
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Occupation
    Farmer's wife
    Address
    Castletown, Co. Donegal