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School: Cúl na Fearna

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Coolnafarna, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Duibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0107, Page 293

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  1. The Lore of Certain Days

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    In our district certain days are looked upon as being lucky such as Wednesday is supposed to be a lucky day for getting married. Friday is a lucky day for starting to build houses or for changing into a new house. People say that potatoes should be sowed between the seventeenth of March and the fifth of April. Some people endeavours to sow their oats on Good Friday as people say that anything
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Willie Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lurgan, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Murphy
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lurgan, Co. Mayo