School: Doohamlet
- Location:
- Doohamlat, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Mac an Bháird
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- (continued from previous page)districts locally people gather May flowers and scatter them around doors and wells to deprive people who were believed to have witchery powers from exercising the same on their homes and stock.
The third day after christmas each year is said to be the cross day and is very unlucky. There are people who would not start to plough or to build a house on flit from one house to another on that day for fear of bad luck.
Hansel Monday is the first monday in January and it is said if one gets money on that day he will always have money for the rest of that year. If one spends money on that day he will spend(continues on next page)
