School: Leac Snámha (B.) (roll number 10957)
- Location:
- Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Dáithí. B. Ó Duilleáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0411, Page 107
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- There are people in my locality who are noted for not starting work on days which are supposed to be unlucky.
The people in my locality would not begin work on certain days of the week for fear they would have bad luck. They would never begin work on a Monday such as ploughing, or house-building for fear they would have bad luck during the year. People would never change from one house to another during Lent because they say they would have to leave the house soon after. One Saturday as John Healy was going to the village of Lixnaw a man named James Brosnan called him and told him to build a pier of a gate for him. John said that he would not dare do so for if he did he said he would not have a day's luck ever after.
The people of my locality would never marry on Monday, Wednesday or Friday because they believe these days are unlucky.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Shanahan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Irrabeg, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Thomas Lawlor
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Irrabeg, Co. Kerry
