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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 126

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  1. The Lore of Certain Days

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    There are certain days in the week which are considered unlucky for starting certain work.
    The farmers living in my district believe that if they ploughed their gardens or set their crops on a Monday that they would have bad crops in the harvest. These farmers also believe that Friday is also an unlucky day for setting crops.
    A mason or carpenter says that if he began building a house on a Saturday that he would have bad luck all that year so he always tries to start it on some other day. There was a mason named Johnny Healy coming along the Liscullane road one evening to Lixnaw village. Jimmy Brosnan asked him to build a pier of a gate for him, but Johnny said that he would have no luck for the rest of the year if he
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    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Maher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockaunacurraheen, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Patrick Sheehy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballintogher, Co. Kerry