School: Tobar Rua (roll number 15427)
- Location:
- Toberroe East, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Mhuireagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 214
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- (continued from previous page)The third day after Christmas Day is called the "Odd or Cross Day"
The 15th July is called St. Swethan's Day and it is said that if that day was fine the forty days proceeding would be fine, but if one small shower of rain fell on that day there would be a shower every day for the following 40 days.
The last Sunday of July was called "Garland Sunday" and the old people always tried to have new potatoes on that day.
It is said that if a person cried or met with an accident on New Year's Day they be crying or meeting with accidents for all the days of that year.
On May day the old people would never give away milk or butter to any person. If on that day also a man came in they would not allow him to take a coal to put in his pipe because they said there would be no butter on the milk.
