School: Montpelier, O'Brien's Bridge (roll number 14875)
- Location:
- Montpelier, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Liam Ó Tuama
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- Friday. Friday is a lucky day to change from one house to another house. Friday is a lucky day to leave out cows for the summer. Some people would not cut a rib of grass until a Friday.
New Years Day. It is said that whatever you would do on new Years Day you would be doing it for all the year. If you sweep out water on New years Day you will be sweeping it out for the rest of the year.
Sunday. If you cut your finger on Sunday it would never heal up.
- Collector
- Joyce Healy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Droichead Uí Bhriain, Co. an Chláir
- Time for Sowing Crops. Onions should be sown on the shortest day of the year and should be pulled on the longest day of the year. Parsnips are sown about a week before the onions. Mangolds are sown between the 8th and 20th of May.
Old March. There is an old story connected with old March. The story relates to a cow that the month of March was trying to kill, but it could not kill her and March had to borrow 11 days from April to kill the cow. The first 11 days of April is called old March.
November Eve. On November Eve the púcka is supposed to be out and anybody that goes out are said to be set astray by the Púcka.
St. Matthew's Day. If it is wet on St Matthew's day it will rain for thirty days after it. - Collector
- Thomas Begley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Montpelier, Co. Luimnigh
