School: Darver (C.), Dundalk (roll number 10547)
- Location:
- Darver, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Mhuireagain
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- Every one counts Friday as a very lucky dayto begin any work.
The "Cross Day" is known in this district as Whit Sunday; only it is said that anything that comes to the world on that day is supposed to be very unlucky.
On that day also people say there is usually a drowning on the water.
People say the correct time for planting potatoes is from the 17th March, to the 25th.
Once upon a time there was an old cow who said she did not care once the cold days of March were out, and she would live another year now.
But March borrowed three days from April which skinned the old cow they were so cold.
I did not hear anything about the "Harvest of Geese".
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Bhearáin
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Lear
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Uí Bhearáin
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- Parent
- Gender
- Female
