School: Grange (roll number 3759)
- Location:
- Grange, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0155, Page 158
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It is said that it is very unlucky to go near the sea on Whit Sunday, as if a person should see a mermaid on that day he would die in that year.
It is very unlucky to change from one dwelling house to another on a Saturday. Friday or Monday are supposed to be the luckiest days for change.
Monday is the luckiest day to go into a new position.
Throwing May flowers on the roof of a house on May day brings good luck to the people who live in the house.
Most marriages take place in this district on a Monday. There is a well known rhyme in this district on the influence which the different days of the week have on marriage.
It runs as follows:-Monday for health,
Tuesday for wealth,
Wednesday the best of all,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Leydon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Grange, Co. Sligo
- Collector
- Michael Mc Gowan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Streedagh, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mr Michael Mc Gowan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 38
- Address
- Streedagh, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mr P. Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Address
- Aghagad, Co. Sligo
