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School: Drumlease (roll number 15382)

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Drumlease, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Tomás Diolún
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    because it is the last day of the week.
    There are a great many old sayings connected with Whit Sunday. It is said that if you go fishing on that day you will be drowned or something will happen to you. The old people say that if you sleep on Whit Sunday you will have bad luck. It is believed that anything that is planted on Good Friday will grow. There are some people who plant trees and they never grow. Those people are supposed to be unlucky.
    The last days of March are known as the "Ríwóg" days or the borrowing days because it is said that March borrowed three days of April to skin the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lily Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Friarstown, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Eddie Loughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Friarstown, Co. Leitrim