1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Cathair Loisgreáin (C)

School: Cathair Loisgreáin (C)

Location:
Caherlustraun, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máire Nic Aodha
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0022, Page 0540

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0022, Page 0540

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Cathair Loisgreáin (C)
  2. XML Page 0540
  3. XML “Days of the Week”
  4. XML “Weddings”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Days of the Week

    Share Share Post
    1. They who wash on Monday, have all the week to dry.
    2. They who wash on Tuesday, are not so much awry.
    3. They who wash on Wednesday are not so much to blame.
    4. They who wash on Thursday wash for shame.
    5. They who wash on Friday wash in need.
    6. They who wash on Saturday are very bad indeed.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Monaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John Monaghan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Donaghpatrick, Co. Galway

  2. Weddings

    Share Share Post
    Monday for wealth, Tuesday for health, Wednesday the best day of all, Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses, Saturday the worst day of all;
    They say that if people start work of a Saturday, that it will never be finished.
    Long ago, if people had any work to do, they would never start it until Friday, and any crops that would be sown would surely grow well.
    Anyone going into a new house never would go until Friday.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit