School: Glostremin (roll number 15441)
- Location:
- An Ghlasdromainn, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Maire Nic an Bháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0212, Page 189
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- Friday Is an unlucky day to go to live in a new house
Saturday It is unlucky to start ploughing on Saturday
Wednesday People say ti is very lucky to get married on Wednesday
Good Friday Garlic is set on Good Friday for the cure of the murrain
Friday Is an unlucky day to get married people say there comes a lot of crosses in the persons life that gets married on Friday
May-day Dirty water should not be thrown out on May-day
Sunset It is very unlucky to throw out ashes after sunset.
Lent A person should not cut their hair in Lent. It is unulcky to meet a red haired woman first when setting out on a journey.
May-day Some people say it is unlucky to lend anything on May-day
New year's day It is unlucky for a woman to go into first on New year's day
22nd December People (say it is) set potatoe onions on the 22nd December and pull them the 22nd June
Good Friday Early potatoes are set on Good Friday
Sunset It is unlucky to bring a corpse to the chapel after Sunset
Sunday. If you do anything on Sunday it will turn out(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Mc Govern
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Mc Manus
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- An Ghréach, Co. Liatroma
