School: Na Tearmoinn (B.) (roll number 8931)
- Location:
- Tarmon East, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cathaláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0403, Page 375
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- (continued from previous page)May. Onions should be set on the shortest day and pulled the longest day.
- It is said that it is unlucky to be born on Tuesday. And it is lucky to be born on any other day of the week. It is unlucky to be born on the first of April. It is said that it is not right to start work on Saturdays because it would never be finished. They do not like to remove from one house to another on Mondays. The cross-days of the year are Wednesdays. The oats can be set from the seventeenth of March to the first of April. They set potatoes between February to April.
The Lore of Certain Days
“The people long ago would never start any sort of work on a Friday...”
The people long ago would never start any sort of work on a Friday because they used to(continues on next page) - Collector
- David Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tarmon West, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Patrick Enright
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
- Address
- Tarmon West, Co. Kerry
