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School: Rosmead (roll number 7212)

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Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
E. Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0726, Page 088

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  1. The Lore of Certain Days

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    The lucky days of the week are Friday and Wednesday and Tuesday. Thursday is a very unlucky day. People begin ploughing on Tuesday because it is a lucky day to begin ploughing on. They start to build houses on Wednesday and they change over from one house to another on Friday. The cross day is not known in our district.
    The people have to have the have the potatoes planted before St. Patrick's day but only some people had them planted before it this year. The people should give the first grain to the horses before they sow the oats and the sheet that the man has round him the knot that is on the sheet should not be taken off until all the oats, and wheat, and every thing is sowed that year. When they have done ploughing
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Gaffney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonarney, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Michael Gaffney
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Clonarney, Co. Westmeath