School: Ballycullane

Location:
Ballycullane, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Seán Ó Dubhghaill
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  1. 19-12-'38
    The people of this district generally marry on Wednesday as it is a very lucky day. The following rhyme tells the days on which it is lucky or unlucky to marry.
    Monday for health
    Tuesday for wealth
    Wednesday the best day of all
    Thursday for losses
    Friday for crosses
    Saturday no day at all.
    Birthdays.
    Monday's child is fair of face
    Tuesday's child is full of grace
    Wednesday's child is loving and giving
    Thursday's child must work hard for a living
    Friday's child is full of woe,
    Saturday's child has far to go.
    But the child who is born on the Sabbath day is bonny and bright and happy and gay.
    The first day of April is said to be the cross day of the year as it is the coldest and wettest.
    Taken down by Mary Walshe,
    from her Mother. Mary Walshe, Kinnagh
    Ballycullane
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinnagh, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mary Walshe
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinnagh, Co. Wexford