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School: An Clochar, Cúil Mhaoile

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Collooney, Co. Sligo
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An tSr. Teresita
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  1. The Lore of Certain Days

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    Tuesdays and Thursdays are days looked upon as being the best for curing ringworm and the person must be at the abode of the one who has the cure of the ringworm before the sun sets.
    In Spring the farmers start ploughing at no fixed date
    Fridays and Saturdays are thought unlucky for changing from one house to another, it is said that Saturday's flitting makes a short sitting
    If the oats is not sown before the Cuckoo comes it will not grow and there will be no oats for that year.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    The luckiest days for getting the cure of the heart fever made are Mondays and Thursdays. The lucky day for ploughing is Friday. The unlucky day for changing from one house to another is Saturday.
    In my district the "Cross-Day of the year is held on St. Brigid's Day. On that day the people make St. Brigid's Cross and put it up in the roofs of the houses. It is said that this custom is kept in memory of St. Patrick when he banished the snakes out of Ireland.
    The shortest day of the year or 21st of December is looked upon as the best day for setting onions and the longest day or 21st June is looked upon as the best day for pulling onions.
    On the first day of October there sweeps a gale of wind that destroys and flattens the crop of oats. It is called the "Michaelmas Wind"
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Taheny
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castledargan, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    John Taheny
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Castledargan, Co. Sligo