School: St. Jame's Well (roll number 14192)
- Location:
- Carrowmore, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: S. Ó Conchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0181, Page 118
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- (continued from previous page)The local custom for planting crops is the first of the month. The people do not set the potatoes too early in the year.
- 5. If one was sick and in bed it is unlucky to get up for the first time on a Saturday. It is said that anything that is set on Good Friday is sure to grow. It is unlucky to change from one house to another on a Saturday. Thursday and Monday are lucky days. The (rewoge) days are, the last three days in March, and the three first days in April. Saturday is the most unlucky day in the week. It is unlucky to start building a house on a Saturday. Mondays and thursdays are lucky days to get married.
- Collector
- Donall O' Rourke
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr John O' Rourke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Saint James's Well, Co. Sligo
