School: Abbey (Naomh Feichín)

Location:
Abbey, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séan de Paor
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  1. Lore of certain days
    1. The old people say that Wednesday is the luckiest day to get married. Friday is counted the luckiest day for changing into a new house. People do not bring a cat when they are changing as it is unlucky.
    2. It is unlicky to work a horse on Whit Monday. It is also unlucky to drive a nail on Good Friday.
    3. Saturdady is a bad day to begin work because you will never finish it. Monday is an unlucky day to open a grave and the way they do is to take some off it on Sunday.
    4. A crop is usually sown after the first stage of the moon. Onions are sown the shortest day of the year and pulled the longest
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thérèse Holohan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Abbey, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Holohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Abbey, Co. Galway