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School: Cluain Laighean (B.)

Location:
Cloonlyon, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0116, Page 237

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    Wednesdays and Fridays are looked upon as lucky days. Saturdays and Thursdays are unlucky days. Mondays and Thursdays are certain days for cures. People do not like to start work on Friday because out Lord died and the seeds might die too. The unlucky day is called Lá na leanbh. Cures are given for headache and charms are made for taking dusts out of a persons eyes on a Monday or on a Thursday. Certain days and dates are looked upon as being the correct ones for planting certain crops For example in some places potatoes should be planted before a certain day of a certain month and not later than another date.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Liam Ó Dáibhín
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    11
    Address
    Treanacally or Hagfield, Co. Mayo