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School: Abbey (Naomh Feichín)

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Abbey, Co. Galway
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Séan de Paor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0052, Page 0423

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  1. The Lore of Certain Days

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    1. In olden days people used to say it was unlucky to make graves on Sundays.
    Wednesdays is a very lucky day to get married.
    2. Friday is a lucky day to begin building a house, or to change from an old house to a new house. It is also lucky to begin to sow crops on a Friday.
    3. It is unlucky to swim or to yoke horses to a plough on Whit Sunday or Whit Monday. It is an unlucky to do any work on the farm.
    4. Saturday is an unlucky to begin any-work because you would never finish it.
    People always sow parsnips on the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Madden
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barnaboy, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Bob Larkin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Barnaboy, Co. Galway