School: Drumcrave
- Location:
- Drumcrauve, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Ss. Mac Giolla Choinnigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0975, Page 254
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- The cure of the strain can only be made on Mondays and Thursdays. Saturday is considered an unlucky day to begin to build a house. Friday is considered a lucky day for changing from one house to another. The old saying says: "Saturday's flitting is not a long sitting".
In our district set a plot of early potatoes before St. Patricks day. It is said that they will yield better than a late plot.
- Collector
- Andrew Gorman
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Behy, Co. Cavan
- It is very unlucky to go near water or to fish or swim on Whit Monday. It is said that Friday is a lucky day to begin ploughing. March is a very lucky month for setting potatoes. The first three days of March are the borrowing days, and anyone that kills a cow on any of those days will have bad luck for the rest of the year.
