School: Richmond (roll number 14400)
- Location:
- Richmond, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Giollarnáth
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- (continued from previous page)any ailment such as headache, ringworm, Rose and such has to wait for one of those days no matter how bad the ailment might be. The twenty eighth day of December is known as "la na leanbh" or the "Cross Day" of the year.
The last three days of March and the first three days of April are known as the days of the old cow. March is supposed to come in like a lamb and go out like a lion. Those three days are usually very rough.
Most people like to sow potatoes on Good Friday as they expect to have a good crop that year. Some people say of February is good that the Summer will be wet.
- Collector
- Mary Elizabeth Herbert
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinlabaun, Co. Mayo
